Anthranilamide insecticides

ABSTRACT

Disclosed are compounds of Formula 1, including all geometric and stereoisomers, N-oxides, and salts thereof, 
     
       
         
         
             
             
         
       
     
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         J is a phenyl optionally substituted with one to four substituents independently selected from R 5 ; or J is a heterocyclic ring selected from the group consisting of J-1 to J-8;   R 4  is C 4 -C 12  alkylcycloalkyl, C 5 -C 12  alkenylcycloalkyl, C 5 -C 12  alkynylcycloalkyl, C 4 -C 12  cycloalkylalkyl, C 5 -C 12  cycloalkylalkenyl, C 5 -C 12  cycloalkylalkynyl, C 4 -C 12  cycloalkenylalkyl or C 4 -C 12  alkylcycloalkenyl; each optionally substituted with one to six substituents selected from CH 3  and halogen; and   R 1a , R 1b , R 2 , R 3  and R 5  are as defined in the disclosure.       

     Also disclosed are compositions containing the compounds of Formula 1 and methods for controlling an invertebrate pest comprising contacting the invertebrate pest or its environment with a biologically effective amount of a compound or a composition of the invention.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

This invention relates to certain anthranilamides, their N-oxides, saltsand compositions suitable for agronomic and nonagronomic uses, andmethods of their use for controlling invertebrate pests such asarthropods in both agronomic and nonagronomic environments.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The control of invertebrate pests is extremely important in achievinghigh crop efficiency. Damage by invertebrate pests to growing and storedagronomic crops can cause significant reduction in productivity andthereby result in increased costs to the consumer. The control ofinvertebrate pests in forestry, greenhouse crops, ornamentals, nurserycrops, stored food and fiber products, livestock, household, turf, woodproducts, and public and animal health is also important. Many productsare commercially available for these purposes, but the need continuesfor new compounds that are more effective, less costly, less toxic,environmentally safer or have different modes of action.

PCT Patent Publication WO 03/015518 discloses N-acyl anthranilic acidderivatives of Formula i as arthropodicides

wherein, inter alia, A and B are independently O or S; R¹ is H, C₁-C₆alkyl, C₂-C₆ alkoxycarbonyl or C₂-C₆ alkylcarbonyl; R² is H or C₁-C₆alkyl; and R³ is H or optionally substituted C₁-C₆ alkyl, C₂-C₆ alkenyl,C₂-C₆ alkynyl, or C₃-C₆ cycloalkyl.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

This invention is directed to compounds of Formula 1 including allgeometric and stereoisomers, N-oxides, and agronomic or nonagronomicsalts thereof, agricultural and nonagricultural compositions containingthem and their use for controlling invertebrate pests:

wherein:

-   -   J is a phenyl optionally substituted with one to four        substituents independently selected from R⁵; or    -   J is a heterocyclic ring selected from the group consisting of

-   -   R^(1a) is C₁-C₆ alkyl, C₂-C₆ alkenyl, C₂-C₆ alkynyl, C₃-C₆        cycloalkyl, C₁-C₆ haloalkyl, C₂-C₆ haloalkenyl, C₂-C₆        haloalkynyl, C₃-C₆ halocycloalkyl, halogen, CN, CHO, NO₂, C₁-C₄        alkoxy, C₁-C₄ haloalkoxy, C₁-C₄ alkylthio, C₁-C₄ alkylsulfinyl,        C₁-C₄ alkylsulfonyl, C₁-C₄ haloalkylthio, C₁-C₄        haloalkylsulfinyl, C₁-C₄ haloalkylsulfonyl, C₂-C₄ alkylcarbonyl,        C₂-C₄ alkoxycarbonyl, C₂-C₄ alkylaminocarbonyl, C₃-C₅        dialkylaminocarbonyl, C₁-C₄ alkylamino or C₂-C₆ dialkylamino;    -   R^(1b) is H, C₁-C₆ alkyl, C₂-C₆ alkenyl, C₂-C₆ alkynyl, C₃-C₆        cycloalkyl, C₁-C₆ haloalkyl, C₂-C₆ haloalkenyl, C₂-C₆        haloalkynyl, C₃-C₆ halocycloalkyl, halogen, CN, CHO, NO₂, C₁-C₄        alkoxy, C₁-C₄ haloalkoxy, C₁-C₄ alkylthio, C₁-C₄ alkylsulfinyl,        C₁-C₄ alkylsulfonyl, C₁-C₄ haloalkylthio, C₁-C₄        haloalkylsulfinyl, C₁-C₄ haloalkylsulfonyl, C₂-C₄ alkylcarbonyl,        C₂-C₄ alkoxycarbonyl, C₂-C₄ alkylaminocarbonyl, C₃-C₅        dialkylaminocarbonyl, C₁-C₄ alkylamino or C₂-C₆ dialkylamino;    -   R² is H; or C₁-C₆ alkyl, C₂-C₆ alkenyl, C₂-C₆ alkynyl or C₃-C₆        cycloalkyl, each optionally substituted with one or more        substituents selected from the group consisting of halogen, CN,        NO₂, hydroxy, C₁-C₄ alkyl, C₁-C₄ alkoxy, C₁-C₄ alkylthio, C₁-C₄        alkylsulfinyl, C₁-C₄ alkylsulfonyl, C₂-C₄ alkoxycarbonyl, C₁-C₄        alkylamino, C₂-C₈ dialkylamino and C₃-C₆ cycloalkylamino; or    -   R² is C₂-C₆ alkylcarbonyl, C₂-C₆ alkoxycarbonyl, C₂-C₆        alkylaminocarbonyl or C₃-C₈ dialkylaminocarbonyl;    -   R³ is H, C₁-C₆ alkyl, C₂-C₆ alkenyl, C₂-C₆ alkynyl, C₃-C₆        cycloalkyl, C₁-C₄ alkoxy, C₁-C₄ alkylamino, C₂-C₈ dialkylamino,        C₃-C₆ cycloalkylamino, C₂-C₆ alkoxycarbonyl or C₂-C₆        alkylcarbonyl;    -   R⁴ is C₄-C₁₂ alkylcycloalkyl, C₅-C₁₂ alkenylcycloalkyl, C₅-C₁₂        alkynylcycloalkyl, C₄-C₁₂ cycloalkylalkyl, C₅-C₁₂        cycloalkylalkenyl, C₅-C₁₂ cycloalkylalkynyl, C₄-C₁₂        cycloalkenylalkyl or C₄-C₁₂ alkylcycloalkenyl, each optionally        substituted with one to six substituents selected from CH₃ and        halogen; or    -   R⁴ is C₃-C₅ oxiranylalkyl, C₃-C₅ thiiranylalkyl, C₄-C₆        oxetanylalkyl, C₄-C₆ thietanylalkyl, 3-oxetanyl or 3-thietanyl,        each optionally substituted with one to five substituents        independently selected from C₁-C₃ alkyl, C₁-C₃ haloalkyl,        halogen, CN, C₂-C₄ alkoxycarbonyl and C₂-C₄ haloalkoxycarbonyl;        or    -   R⁴ is C₃-C₅ aziridinylalkyl, C₄-C₆ azetidinylalkyl or        3-azetidinyl, substituted with R¹⁰ attached to the nitrogen        atom, and optionally substituted on the carbon atoms with one to        five substituents independently selected from C₁-C₃ alkyl, C₁-C₃        haloalkyl, halogen, CN, C₂-C₄ alkoxycarbonyl and C₂-C₄        haloalkoxycarbonyl;

-   each R⁵ is independently C₁-C₆ alkyl, C₃-C₆ cycloalkyl, C₁-C₆    haloalkyl, halogen, CN, C₁-C₄ alkoxy, C₁-C₄ alkylthio, C₁-C₄    haloalkoxy, C₁-C₄ haloalkylthio, C₁-C₄ haloalkylsulfinyl or C₁-C₄    haloalkylsulfonyl; or

-   each R⁵ is independently phenyl or pyridyl optionally substituted    with one to three R⁹;

-   each R⁶ is independently selected from the group consisting of H,    C₁-C₆ alkyl, C₃-C₆ cycloalkyl, C₁-C₆ haloalkyl, halogen, CN, C₁-C₄    alkoxy, C₂-C₄ alkoxycarbonyl, C₁-C₄ alkylthio, C₁-C₄ haloalkoxy,    C₁-C₄ haloalkylthio, C₁-C₄ haloalkylsulfinyl and C₁-C₄    haloalkylsulfonyl;    -   R⁷ is C₁-C₆ alkyl optionally substituted with one or more        substituents selected from the group consisting of halogen, CN,        NO₂, hydroxy, C₁-C₄ alkoxy, C₁-C₄ alkylthio, C₁-C₄        alkylsulfinyl, C₁-C₄ alkylsulfonyl, C₂-C₄ alkoxycarbonyl, C₁-C₄        alkylamino, C₂-C₈ dialkylamino and C₃-C₆ cycloalkylamino; or        phenyl optionally substituted with one to three substituents        selected from R⁹; or    -   R⁷ is

R⁸ is H, C₁-C₆ alkyl, C₁-C₆ haloalkyl, C₃-C₆ alkenyl, C₃-C₆ haloalkenyl,C₃-C₆ alkynyl or C₃-C₆ haloalkynyl;

-   each R⁹ is independently C₁-C₆ alkyl, C₃-C₆ cycloalkyl, C₁-C₆    haloalkyl, halogen, CN, C₁-C₄ alkoxy, C₁-C₄ alkylthio, C₁-C₄    haloalkoxy, C₁-C₄ haloalkylthio, C₁-C₄ haloalkylsulfinyl or C₁-C₄    haloalkylsulfonyl;    -   R¹⁰ is H, C₁-C₃ alkyl, C₁-C₃ haloalkyl, C₂-C₄ alkylcarbonyl,        C₂-C₄ haloalkylcarbonyl, C₂-C₄ alkoxycarbonyl or C₁-C₃        alkylsulfonyl; and    -   s is 0, 1 or 2;        provided that    -   (i) the compound of Formula 1 is other than        N-[2-chloro-6-[[(1-methylcyclopropyl)amino]carbonyl]phenyl]-1-(3-chloro-2-pyridinyl)-3-(trifluoromethyl)-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide;        and    -   (ii) the compound of Formula 1 is other than        3-bromo-1-(3-chloro-2-pyridinyl)-N-[4-cyano-2-[[(cyclopropylmethyl)amino]carbonyl]-6-methylphenyl]-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide.

This invention also provides a composition comprising a compound ofFormula 1 and at least one additional component selected from the groupconsisting of a surfactant, a solid diluent and a liquid diluent, saidcomposition optionally further comprising at least one additionalbiologically active compound or agent.

This invention also provides a composition for controlling aninvertebrate pest comprising a biologically effective amount of acompound of Formula 1 and at least one additional component selectedfrom the group consisting of a surfactant, a solid diluent and a liquiddiluent, said composition optionally further comprising a biologicallyeffective amount of at least one additional biologically active compoundor agent.

This invention further provides a spray composition for controlling aninvertebrate pest comprising a biologically effective amount of acompound of Formula 1 or the composition described above and apropellant. This invention also provides a bait composition forcontrolling an invertebrate pest comprising a biologically effectiveamount of a compound of Formula 1 or the composition described above,one or more food materials, optionally an attractant, and optionally ahumectant.

This invention further provides a trap device for controlling aninvertebrate pest comprising said bait composition and a housing adaptedto receive said bait composition, wherein the housing has at least oneopening sized to permit the invertebrate pest to pass through theopening so the invertebrate pest can gain access to said baitcomposition from a location outside the housing, and wherein the housingis further adapted to be placed in or near a locus of potential or knownactivity for the invertebrate pest.

This invention also provides a method for controlling an invertebratepest comprising contacting the invertebrate pest or its environment witha biologically effective amount of a compound of Formula 1 (e.g., as acomposition described herein). This invention also relates to suchmethod wherein the invertebrate pest or its environment is contactedwith a composition comprising a biologically effective amount of acompound of Formula 1 and at least one additional component selectedfrom the group consisting of a surfactant, a solid diluent and a liquiddiluent, said composition optionally further comprising a biologicallyeffective amount of at least one additional biologically active compoundor agent.

This invention also relates to an amide of Formula 10

wherein R^(1a), R^(1b), R², R³ and R⁴ are as defined for Formula 1,which is useful as an intermediate to prepare a compound of Formula 1.

DETAILS OF THE INVENTION

As used herein, the terms “comprises,” “comprising,” “includes,”“including,” “has,” “having,” “contains” or “containing,” or any othervariation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion. Forexample, a composition, a mixture, process, method, article, orapparatus that comprises a list of elements is not necessarily limitedto only those elements but may include other elements not expresslylisted or inherent to such composition, mixture, process, method,article, or apparatus. Further, unless expressly stated to the contrary,“or” refers to an inclusive or and not to an exclusive or. For example,a condition A or B is satisfied by any one of the following: A is true(or present) and B is false (or not present), A is false (or notpresent) and B is true (or present), and both A and B are true (orpresent).

Also, the indefinite articles “a” and “an” preceding an element orcomponent of the invention are intended to be nonrestrictive regardingthe number of instances (i.e. occurrences) of the element or component.Therefore “a” or “an” should be read to include one or at least one, andthe singular word form of the element or component also includes theplural unless the number is obviously meant to be singular.

In the above recitations, the term “alkyl”, used either alone or incompound words such as “alkylthio” or “haloalkyl” includesstraight-chain or branched alkyl, such as, methyl, ethyl, n-propyl,i-propyl, or the different butyl, pentyl or hexyl isomers. “Alkenyl”includes straight-chain or branched alkenes such as ethenyl, 1-propenyl,2-propenyl, and the different butenyl, pentenyl and hexenyl isomers.“Alkenyl” also includes polyenes such as 1,2-propadienyl and2,4-hexadienyl. “Alkynyl” includes straight-chain or branched alkynessuch as ethynyl, 1-propynyl, 2-propynyl and the different butynyl,pentynyl and hexynyl isomers. “Alkynyl” can also include moietiescomprised of multiple triple bonds such as 2,5-hexadiynyl.

“Alkoxy” includes, for example, methoxy, ethoxy, n-propyloxy,isopropyloxy and the different butoxy, pentoxy and hexyloxy isomers.“Alkylthio” includes branched or straight-chain alkylthio moieties suchas methylthio, ethylthio, and the different propylthio, butylthio,pentylthio and hexylthio isomers. “Alkylsulfinyl” includes bothenantiomers of an alkylsulfinyl group. Examples of “alkylsulfinyl”include CH₃S(O)—, CH₃CH₂S(O)—, CH₃CH₂CH₂S(O)—, (CH₃)₂CHS(O)— and thedifferent butylsulfinyl, pentylsulfinyl and hexylsulfinyl isomers.Examples of “alkylsulfonyl” include CH₃S(O)₂—, CH₃CH₂S(O)₂—,CH₃CH₂CH₂S(O)₂—, (CH₃)₂CHS(O)₂—, and the different butylsulfonyl,pentylsulfonyl and hexylsulfonyl isomers. “Alkylamino”, “dialkylamino”,and the like, are defined analogously to the above examples.“Cycloalkyl” includes, for example, cyclopropyl, cyclobutyl, cyclopentyland cyclohexyl. The term “cycloalkylamino” includes the same groupslinked through a nitrogen atom such as cyclopentylamino andcyclohexylamino. The term “(alkyl)cycloalkylamino” denotes a branched orstraight-chain alkyl group and another cycloalkyl group both bonded to anitrogen atom such as methylcyclopentylamino and ethylcyclohexylamino.

The term “alkylcycloalkyl” denotes alkyl substitution on a cycloalkylmoiety and includes, for example, ethylcyclopropyl, i-propylcyclobutyl,3-methylcyclopentyl and 4-methylcyclohexyl. “Alkenylcycloalkyl”,“alkynylcycloalkyl”, and the like, are defined analogously to the aboveexamples. The term “cycloalkylalkyl” denotes cycloalkyl substitution onan alkyl moiety. Examples of “cycloalkylalkyl” includecyclopropylmethyl, cyclopentylethyl, and other cycloalkyl moietiesbonded to straight-chain or branched alkyl groups. “Cycloalkylalkenyl”,“cycloalkylalkynyl”, and the like, are defined analogously to the aboveexamples. “Cycloalkenyl” includes groups such as cyclopentenyl andcyclohexenyl as well as groups with more than one double bond such as1,3- and 1,4-cyclohexadienyl. The term “cycloalkenylalkyl” denotescycloalkenyl substitution on an alkyl moiety and includes, for example,cyclopentenylmethyl and 1-cyclohexenylethyl. The term“alkylcycloalkenyl” denotes alkyl substitution on a cycloalkenyl moietyand includes, for example, methylcyclopentenyl and5-ethyl-3-cyclohexenyl.

The term “aromatic ring system” denotes fully unsaturated carbocyclesand heterocycles in which the polycyclic ring system is aromatic (wherearomatic indicates that the Hückel rule is satisfied for the ringsystem). The term “optionally substituted” in connection with aromaticring groups refers to groups that are unsubstituted or have at least onenon-hydrogen substituent. Commonly, the number of optional substituents(when present) ranges from one to four.

The term “halogen”, either alone or in compound words such as“haloalkyl”, includes fluorine, chlorine, bromine or iodine. Further,when used in compound words such as “haloalkyl”, said alkyl may bepartially or fully substituted with halogen atoms which may be the sameor different. Examples of “haloalkyl” include F₃C—, ClCH₂—, CF₃CH₂— andCF₃CCl₂—. The terms “haloalkenyl”, “haloalkynyl”, “halocycloalkyl”,“haloalkoxy”, “haloalkylthio”, and the like, are defined analogously tothe term “haloalkyl”. Examples of “haloalkenyl” include (Cl)₂C═CHCH₂—and CF₃CH₂CH═CHCH₂—. Examples of “haloalkynyl” include HC≡CCHCl—,CF₃C≡C—, CCl₃C≡C— and FCH₂C≡CCH₂—. Examples of “haloalkoxy” includeCF₃O—, CCl₃CH₂O—, HCF₂CH₂CH₂O— and CF₃CH₂O—. Examples of “haloalkylthio”include CCl₃S—, CF₃S—, CCl₃CH₂S— and ClCH₂CH₂CH₂S—. Examples of“haloalkylsulfinyl” include CF₃S(O)—, CCl₃S(O)—, CF₃CH₂S(O)— andCF₃CF₂S(O)—. Examples of “haloalkylsulfonyl” include CF₃S(O)₂—,CCl₃S(O)₂—, CF₃CH₂S(O)₂— and CF₃CF₂S(O)₂—.

“Alkylcarbonyl” denotes a straight-chain or branched alkyl moietiesbonded to a C(═O) moiety. Examples of “alkylcarbonyl” include CH₃C(═O)—,CH₃CH₂CH₂C(═O)— and (CH₃)₂CHC(═O)—. Examples of “alkoxycarbonyl” includeCH₃C(═O)—, CH₃CH₂OC(═O), CH₃CH₂CH₂C(═O)—, (CH₃)₂CHOC(═O)— and thedifferent butoxy- or pentoxycarbonyl isomers. Examples of“alkylaminocarbonyl” include CH₃NHC(═O)—, CH₃CH₂NHC(═O)—,CH₃CH₂CH₂NHC(═O)—, (CH₃)₂CHNHC(═O)— and the different butylamino- orpentylaminocarbonyl isomers. Examples of “dialkylaminocarbonyl” include(CH₃)₂NC(═O)—, (CH₃CH₂)₂NC(═O)—, CH₃CH₂(CH₃)NC(═O)—,(CH₃)₂CHN(CH₃)C(═O)— and CH₃CH₂CH₂(CH₃)NC(═O)—.

“Trialkylsilyl” includes three branched and/or straight-chain alkylradicals attached to and linked through a silicon atom such astrimethylsilyl, triethylsilyl and t-butyl-dimethylsilyl.

The total number of carbon atoms in a substituent group is indicated bythe “C_(i)-C_(j)” prefix where i and j are numbers from 2 to 8. Forexample, C₁-C₄ alkylsulfonyl designates methylsulfonyl throughbutylsulfonyl; C₂ alkoxyalkyl designates CH₃OCH₂; C₃ alkoxyalkyldesignates, for example, CH₃CH(OCH₃), CH₃OCH₂CH₂ or CH₃CH₂OCH₂; and C₄alkoxyalkyl designates the various isomers of an alkyl group substitutedwith an alkoxy group containing a total of four carbon atoms, examplesincluding CH₃CH₂CH₂OCH₂ and CH₃CH₂OCH₂CH₂.

When a compound is substituted with a substituent bearing a subscriptthat indicates the number of said substituents can exceed 1, saidsubstituents (when they exceed 1) are independently selected from thegroup of defined substituents, e.g., (R⁹)_(s), s is 0, 1 or 2. When agroup contains a substituent which can be hydrogen, for example R² orR⁹, then, when this substituent is taken as hydrogen, it is recognizedthat this is equivalent to said group being unsubstituted.

Compounds of this invention can exist as one or more stereoisomers. Thevarious stereoisomers include enantiomers, diastereomers, atropisomersand geometric isomers. One skilled in the art will appreciate that onestereoisomer may be more active and/or may exhibit beneficial effectswhen enriched relative to the other stereoisomer(s) or when separatedfrom the other stereoisomer(s). Additionally, the skilled artisan knowshow to separate, enrich, and/or to selectively prepare saidstereoisomers. Accordingly, the present invention comprises compoundsselected from Formula 1, N-oxides, and agronomic and nonagronomicsuitable salts thereof. The compounds of the invention may be present asa mixture of stereoisomers, individual stereoisomers, or as an opticallyactive form.

One skilled in the art will appreciate that not all nitrogen containingheterocycles can form N-oxides since the nitrogen requires an availablelone pair for oxidation to the oxide; one skilled in the art willrecognize those nitrogen containing heterocycles which can formN-oxides. One skilled in the art will also recognize that tertiaryamines can form N-oxides. Synthetic methods for the preparation ofN-oxides of heterocycles and tertiary amines are very well known by oneskilled in the art including the oxidation of heterocycles and tertiaryamines with peroxy acids such as peracetic and m-chloroperbenzoic acid(MCPBA), hydrogen peroxide, alkyl hydroperoxides such as t-butylhydroperoxide, sodium perborate, and dioxiranes such asdimethyldioxirane. These methods for the preparation of N-oxides havebeen extensively described and reviewed in the literature, see forexample: T. L. Gilchrist in Comprehensive Organic Synthesis, vol. 7, pp748-750, S. V. Ley, Ed., Pergamon Press; M. Tisler and B. Stanovnik inComprehensive Heterocyclic Chemistry, vol. 3, pp 18-20, A. J. Boultonand A. McKillop, Eds., Pergamon Press; M. R. Grimmett and B. R. T. Keenein Advances in Heterocyclic Chemistry, vol. 43, pp 149-161, A. R.Katritzky, Ed., Academic Press; M. Tisler and B. Stanovnik in Advancesin Heterocyclic Chemistry, vol. 9, pp 285-291, A. R. Katritzky and A. J.Boulton, Eds., Academic Press; and G. W. H. Cheeseman and E. S. G.Werstiuk in Advances in Heterocyclic Chemistry, vol. 22, pp 390-392, A.R. Katritzky and A. J. Boulton, Eds., Academic Press.

The salts of the compounds of the invention include acid-addition saltswith inorganic or organic acids such as hydrobromic, hydrochloric,nitric, phosphoric, sulfuric, acetic, butyric, fumaric, lactic, maleic,malonic, oxalic, propionic, salicylic, tartaric, 4-toluenesulfonic orvaleric acids. The salts of the compounds of the invention also includethose formed with organic bases (e.g., pyridine, ammonia, ortriethylamine) or inorganic bases (e.g., hydrides, hydroxides, orcarbonates of sodium, potassium, lithium, calcium, magnesium or barium)when the compound contains an acidic group such as a carboxylic acid orphenol.

-   -   Embodiments of the present invention as described in the Summary        of the Invention include:    -   Embodiment 1A. A compound of Formula 1 wherein R^(1a) is C₁-C₄        alkyl, C₁-C₄ haloalkyl, halogen, CN, NO₂, C₁-C₄ alkoxy, C₁-C₄        haloalkoxy, C₁-C₄ alkylthio, C₁-C₄ alkylsulfinyl, C₁-C₄        alkylsulfonyl, C₁-C₄ haloalkylthio, C₁-C₄ haloalkylsulfinyl or        C₁-C₄ haloalkylsulfonyl.    -   Embodiment 1B. A compound of Formula 1 wherein R^(1a) is CH₃,        CF₃, OCF₃, OCHF₂, S(O)_(n)CF₃, S(O)_(n)CHF₂, CN or halogen; and        n is 0, 1 or 2.    -   Embodiment 1C. A compound of Formula 1 wherein R^(1a) is CH₃, F,        Cl, Br or I.    -   Embodiment 1D. A compound of Formula 1 wherein R^(1a) is CH₃,        Cl, Br or I.    -   Embodiment 1E. A compound of Formula 1 wherein R^(1a) is CH₃ or        Cl.    -   Embodiment 2A. A compound of Formula 1 wherein R^(1b) is H,        C₁-C₄ alkyl, C₁-C₄ haloalkyl, halogen, CN, NO₂, C₁-C₄ alkoxy,        C₁-C₄ haloalkoxy, C₁-C₄ alkylthio, C₁-C₄ alkylsulfinyl, C₁-C₄        alkylsulfonyl, C₁-C₄ haloalkylthio, C₁-C₄ haloalkylsulfinyl or        C₁-C₄ haloalkylsulfonyl.    -   Embodiment 2B. A compound of Formula 1 wherein R^(1b) is H, CH₃,        CF₃, OCF₃, OCHF₂, S(O)_(p)CF₃, S(O)_(p)CHF₂, CN or halogen; and        p is 0, 1 or 2.    -   Embodiment 2C. A compound of Formula 1 wherein R^(1b) is CH₃,        CF₃, OCF₃, OCHF₂, S(O)_(p)CF₃, S(O)_(p)CHF₂, CN or halogen.    -   Embodiment 2D. A compound of Formula 1 wherein R^(1b) is H, CH₃,        CF₃, CN, F, Cl, Br or I.    -   Embodiment 2E. A compound of Formula 1 wherein R^(1b) is CH₃,        CF₃, CN, F, Cl, Br or I.    -   Embodiment 2F. A compound of Formula 1 wherein R^(1b) is CN, F,        Cl, Br or I.    -   Embodiment 2G. A compound of Formula 1 wherein R^(1b) is Cl, Br        or CN.    -   Embodiment 2H. A compound of Formula 1 wherein R^(1b) is Cl or        Br.    -   Embodiment 2I. A compound of Formula 1 wherein R^(1b) is CN.    -   Embodiment 2J. A compound of Formula 1 wherein R^(1b) is other        than H.    -   Embodiment 2K. A compound of Formula 1 wherein R^(1b) is other        than CN.    -   Embodiment 3A. A compound of Formula 1 wherein R² is H, C₁-C₄        alkyl, C₂-C₄ alkenyl, C₂-C₄ alkynyl, C₃-C₆ cycloalkyl, C₁-C₆        alkylcarbonyl or C₂-C₆ alkoxycarbonyl.    -   Embodiment 3B. A compound of Formula 1 wherein R² is H.    -   Embodiment 4A. A compound of Formula 1 wherein R³ is H, C₁-C₄        alkyl, C₂-C₄ alkenyl, C₂-C₄ alkynyl, C₃-C₆ cycloalkyl, C₂-C₆        alkylcarbonyl or C₂-C₆ alkoxycarbonyl.    -   Embodiment 4B. A compound of Formula 1 wherein R³ is H.    -   Embodiment 5A. A compound of Formula 1 wherein R⁴ is C₄-C₁₂        alkylcycloalkyl optionally substituted with one to six        substituents selected from CH₃ and halogen.    -   Embodiment 5B. A compound of Formula 1 wherein R⁴ is        1-methylcycloalkyl optionally substituted with one to six        substituents selected from CH₃ and halogen.    -   Embodiment 5C. A compound of Formula 1 wherein R⁴ is        1-methylcyclopropyl optionally substituted with one to four        substituents selected from CH₃ and halogen.    -   Embodiment 5D. A compound of Formula 1 wherein R⁴ is        1-methylcyclobutyl optionally substituted with one to four        substituents selected from CH₃ and halogen.    -   Embodiment 5E. A compound of Formula 1 wherein R⁴ is (C₁-C₈        alkyl)(C₃-C₄ cycloalkyl) optionally substituted with one to six        substituents selected from CH₃ and halogen.    -   Embodiment 5F. A compound of Formula 1 wherein R⁴ is (C₂-C₈        alkenyl)(C₃-C₄ cycloalkyl) optionally substituted with one to        six substituents selected from CH₃ and halogen.    -   Embodiment 5G. A compound of Formula 1 wherein R⁴ is (C₂-C₈        alkynyl)(C₃-C₄ cycloalkyl) optionally substituted with one to        six substituents selected from CH₃ and halogen.    -   Embodiment 5H. A compound of Formula 1 wherein R⁴ is (C₁-C₈        alkyl)(C₃-C₄ cycloalkenyl) optionally substituted with one to        six substituents selected from CH₃ and halogen.    -   Embodiment 6A. A compound of Formula 1 wherein R⁴ is C₄-C₁₂        cycloalkylalkyl optionally substituted with one to six        substituents selected from CH₃ and halogen.    -   Embodiment 6B. A compound of Formula 1 wherein R⁴ is        cyclopropylmethyl or cyclobutylmethyl; each optionally        substituted with one to six substituents selected from CH₃ and        halogen.    -   Embodiment 6C. A compound of Formula 1 wherein R⁴ is (C₃-C₄        cycloalkyl)(C₁-C₈ alkyl) optionally substituted with one to six        substituents selected from CH₃ and halogen.    -   Embodiment 6D. A compound of Formula 1 wherein R⁴ is (C₃-C₄        cycloalkyl)(C₂-C₈ alkenyl) optionally substituted with one to        six substituents selected from CH₃ and halogen.    -   Embodiment 6E. A compound of Formula 1 wherein R⁴ is (C₃-C₄        cycloalkyl)(C₂-C₈ alkynyl) optionally substituted with one to        six substituents selected from CH₃ and halogen.    -   Embodiment 6F. A compound of Formula 1 wherein R⁴ is (C₃-C₄        cycloalkenyl)(C₁-C₈ alkyl) optionally substituted with one to        six substituents selected from CH₃ and halogen.    -   Embodiment 6G. A compound of Formula 1 wherein R⁴ is other than        optionally substituted C₄-C₆ cycloalkylalkyl.    -   Embodiment 6H. A compound of Formula 1 wherein R⁴ is other than        optionally substituted (C₃-C₄ cycloalkyl)(C₁-C₆ alkyl).    -   Embodiment 6I. A compound of Formula 1 wherein R⁴ is other than        cyclopropylmethyl.    -   Embodiment 6J. A compound of Formula 1 wherein R⁴ is other than        1-cyclopropylethyl.    -   Embodiment 6K. A compound of Formula 1 wherein R⁴ is other than        (2-methylcyclopropyl)methyl.    -   Embodiment 6L. A compound of Formula 1 wherein R⁴ is other than        (2,2-dichloro-1-methylcyclopropyl)methyl.    -   Embodiment 6M. A compound of Formula 1 wherein R⁴ is other than        (1-methylcyclopropyl)methyl.    -   Embodiment 6N. A compound of Formula 1 wherein R⁴ is other than        1-cyclobutylethyl.    -   Embodiment 7A. A compound of Formula 1 wherein R⁴ is        1-methylcyclopropyl, cyclopropylmethyl or 1-cyclopropylethyl,        each optionally substituted with one to two halogen on        cyclopropyl.    -   Embodiment 7B. A compound of Formula 1 wherein R⁴ is        1-methylcyclopropyl, cyclopropylmethyl or 1-cyclopropylethyl.    -   Embodiment 7C. A compound of Formula 1 wherein R⁴ is        1-methylcyclopropyl, cyclopropylmethyl or 1-cyclopropylethyl,        each substituted with two halogen on cyclopropyl.    -   Embodiment 7D. A compound of Formula 1 wherein R⁴ is        1-methylcyclopropyl, optionally substituted with one to two        halogen on cyclopropyl.    -   Embodiment 7E. A compound of Formula 1 wherein R⁴ is        1-methylcyclopropyl.    -   Embodiment 7F. A compound of Formula 1 wherein R⁴ is        cyclopropylmethyl or 1-cyclopropylethyl, each optionally        substituted with one to two halogen on cyclopropyl.    -   Embodiment 7G. A compound of Formula 1 wherein R⁴ is        cyclopropylmethyl or 1-cyclopropylethyl.    -   Embodiment 7H. A compound of Formula 1 wherein R⁴ is        cyclopropylmethyl optionally substituted with one to two halogen        on cyclopropyl.    -   Embodiment 7I. A compound of Formula 1 wherein R⁴ is        cyclopropylmethyl.    -   Embodiment 7J. A compound of Formula 1 wherein R⁴ is        1-cyclopropylethyl optionally substituted with one to two        halogen on cyclopropyl.    -   Embodiment 7K. A compound of Formula 1 wherein R⁴ is        1-cyclopropylethyl.    -   Embodiment 7L. A compound of Formula 1 wherein R⁴ is other than        1-methylcyclopropyl.    -   Embodiment 7M. A compound of Formula 1 wherein R⁴ is other than        optionally substituted 1-methylcyclopropyl.    -   Embodiment 7N. A compound of Formula 1 wherein R⁴ is other than        optionally substituted C₄-C₁₂ alkylcycloalkyl.    -   Embodiment 7O. A compound of Formula 1 wherein R⁴ is other than        optionally substituted C₅-C₁₂ alkenylcycloalkyl.    -   Embodiment 7P. A compound of Formula 1 wherein R⁴ is other than        optionally substituted C₅-C₁₂ alkynylcycloalkyl.    -   Embodiment 7Q. A compound of Formula 1 wherein R⁴ is other than        optionally substituted C₄-C₁₂ cycloalkylalkyl.    -   Embodiment 7R. A compound of Formula 1 wherein R⁴ is other than        optionally substituted C₅-C₁₂ cycloalkylalkenyl.    -   Embodiment 7S. A compound of Formula 1 wherein R⁴ is other than        optionally substituted C₅-C₁₂ cycloalkylalkynyl.    -   Embodiment 7T. A compound of Formula 1 wherein R⁴ is other than        optionally substituted C₄-C₁₂ cycloalkenylalkyl.    -   Embodiment 7U. A compound of Formula 1 wherein R⁴ is other than        optionally substituted C₄-C₁₂ alkylcycloalkenyl.    -   Embodiment 7V. A compound of Formula 1 wherein R⁴ is        1-methylcyclopropyl, and R^(1b) is other than H.    -   Embodiment 8A. A compound of Formula 1 wherein R⁴ is C₃-C₅        oxiranylalkyl, C₄-C₆ oxetanylalkyl or 3-oxetanyl, each        optionally substituted with 1 to 2 substituents independently        selected from CH₃, CF₃, halogen, CN and C(O)OCH₃.    -   Embodiment 8B. A compound of Formula 1 wherein R⁴ is        oxiranylmethyl, 2-oxetanylmethyl, 3-oxetanylmethyl or        3-oxetanyl, each optionally substituted with 1 to 2 CH₃.    -   Embodiment 8C. A compound of Formula 1 wherein R⁴ is        oxiranylmethyl.    -   Embodiment 8D. A compound of Formula 1 wherein R⁴ is        2-oxetanylmethyl.    -   Embodiment 8E. A compound of Formula 1 wherein R⁴ is        3-oxetanylmethyl.    -   Embodiment 8F. A compound of Formula 1 wherein R⁴ is 3-oxetanyl.    -   Embodiment 8G. A compound of Formula 1 wherein R⁴ is other than        optionally substituted oxiranylmethyl.    -   Embodiment 8H. A compound of Formula 1 wherein R⁴ is other than        optionally substituted 2-oxetanylmethyl.    -   Embodiment 8I. A compound of Formula 1 wherein R⁴ is other than        optionally substituted 3-oxetanylmethyl.    -   Embodiment 8J. A compound of Formula 1 wherein R⁴ is other than        optionally substituted C₃-C₅ oxiranylalkyl, C₃-C₅        thiiranylalkyl, C₄-C₆ oxetanylalkyl, C₄-C₆ thietanylalkyl,        3-oxetanyl or 3-thietanyl.    -   Embodiment 8K. A compound of Formula 1 wherein R⁴ is other than        optionally substituted C₃-C₅ aziridinylalkyl, C₄-C₆        azetidinylalkyl or 3-azetidinyl.    -   Embodiment 9A. A compound of Formula 1 wherein R⁴ is        aziridinylmethyl, 2-azetidinylmethyl, 3-azetidinylmethyl or        3-azetidinyl, each with R¹⁰ attached to the nitrogen atom, and        optionally substituted on carbon atoms with 1 to 2 substituents        independently selected from CH₃, CF₃, halogen, CN and C(O)OCH₃.    -   Embodiment 9B. A compound of Formula 1 wherein R⁴ is        aziridinylmethyl, 2-azetidinylmethyl, 3-azetidinylmethyl or        3-azetidinyl, each with R¹⁰ attached to the nitrogen atom, and        optionally substituted on the carbon atoms with 1 to 2 CH₃.    -   Embodiment 9C. A compound of Formula 1 wherein R¹⁰ is H or C₁-C₃        alkyl.    -   Embodiment 10A. A compound of Formula 1 wherein each R⁶ is        independently selected from the group consisting of H, CH₃, CF₃,        CH₂CF₃, CHF₂, OCH₂CF₃, OCHF₂ and halogen.    -   Embodiment 10B. A compound of Formula 1 wherein each R⁶ is        independently halogen, OCH₂CF₃, OCHF₂ or CF₃;    -   Embodiment 10C. A compound of Formula 1 wherein each R⁶ is        independently Cl, Br, OCH₂CF₃ or CF₃.    -   Embodiment 10D. A compound of Formula 1 wherein each R⁶ is Cl,        Br, CF₃ or C₁-C₂ fluoroalkoxy.    -   Embodiment 11A. A compound of Formula 1 wherein R⁷ is a phenyl        ring optionally substituted with one to three substituents        selected from R⁹.    -   Embodiment 11B. A compound of Formula 1 wherein each R⁹ is        independently H, C₁-C₄ alkyl, C₁-C₄ haloalkyl, halogen or CN.    -   Embodiment 11C. A compound of Formula 1 wherein R⁷ is

-   -   Embodiment 11D. A compound of Formula 1 wherein each R⁹ is        independently H, CH₃, CF₃, CN or halogen.    -   Embodiment 12A. A compound of Formula 1 wherein R⁷ is

-   -   Embodiment 12B. A compound of Formula 1 wherein each R⁹ is        independently C₁-C₄ alkyl, C₁-C₄ haloalkyl, halogen or CN; and s        is 0, 1 or 2.    -   Embodiment 12C. A compound of Formula 1 wherein R⁷ is

-   -   Embodiment 12D. A compound of Formula 1 wherein each R⁹ is        independently H, CH₃, CF₃, CN or halogen.    -   Embodiment 13A. A compound of Formula 1 wherein R⁸ is C₁-C₄        alkyl or C₁-C₄ haloalkyl.    -   Embodiment 13B. A compound of Formula 1 wherein R⁸ is CH₂CF₃ or        CHF₂.    -   Embodiment 14A. A compound of Formula 1 wherein J is phenyl        optionally substituted with one to four R⁵.    -   Embodiment 14B. A compound of Formula 1 wherein each R⁵ is        independently C₁-C₄ alkyl, C₁-C₄ haloalkyl, C₁-C₂ haloalkoxy,        halogen or CN.    -   Embodiment 15A. A compound of Formula 1 wherein J is a        heterocyclic ring selected from the group consisting of J-1,        J-2, J-3, J-4, J-5, J-6, J-7 and J-8.    -   Embodiment 15B. A compound of Formula 1 wherein J is J-1, J-2,        J-4, J-7 or J-8.    -   Embodiment 15C. A compound of Formula 1 wherein J is J-1, J-2 or        J-4.    -   Embodiment 15D. A compound of Formula 1 wherein J is J-7 or J-8.    -   Embodiment 15E. A compound of Formula 1 wherein J is J-1.    -   Embodiment 15F. A compound of Formula 1 wherein J is J-2.    -   Embodiment 15G. A compound of Formula 1 wherein J is J-3.    -   Embodiment 15H. A compound of Formula 1 wherein J is J-4.    -   Embodiment 15I. A compound of Formula 1 wherein J is J-5.    -   Embodiment 15J. A compound of Formula 1 wherein J is J-6.    -   Embodiment 15K. A compound of Formula 1 wherein J is J-7.    -   Embodiment 15L. A compound of Formula 1 wherein J is J-8.

Embodiments of this invention, including Embodiments 1A-15L above aswell as any other embodiments described herein, can be combined in anymanner, and the descriptions of variables in the embodiments pertain notonly to the compounds of Formula 1 but also to the starting compoundsand intermediate compounds, including the compounds of Formula 10,useful for preparing the compounds of Formula 1. In addition,embodiments of this invention, including Embodiments 1A-15L above aswell as any other embodiments described herein, and any combinationthereof, pertain to the compositions, mixtures and methods of thepresent invention which can comprise the compounds described in suchembodiment and any combination thereof.

Examples of combinations of Embodiments 1A-15L include:

-   -   Embodiment A. A compound of Formula 1 wherein        -   R^(1a) is C₁-C₄ alkyl, C₁-C₄ haloalkyl, halogen, CN, NO₂,            C₁-C₄ alkoxy, C₁-C₄ haloalkoxy, C₁-C₄ alkylthio, C₁-C₄            alkylsulfinyl, C₁-C₄ alkylsulfonyl, C₁-C₄ haloalkylthio,            C₁-C₄ haloalkylsulfinyl or C₁-C₄ haloalkylsulfonyl;        -   R^(1b) is H, C₁-C₄ alkyl, C₁-C₄ haloalkyl, halogen, CN, NO₂,            C₁-C₄ alkoxy, C₁-C₄ haloalkoxy, C₁-C₄ alkylthio, C₁-C₄            alkylsulfinyl, C₁-C₄ alkylsulfonyl, C₁-C₄ haloalkylthio,            C₁-C₄ haloalkylsulfinyl or C₁-C₄ haloalkylsulfonyl;        -   R² and R³ are each independently H, C₁-C₄ alkyl, C₂-C₄            alkenyl, C₂-C₄ alkynyl, C₃-C₆ cycloalkyl, C₂-C₆            alkylcarbonyl or C₂-C₆ alkoxycarbonyl; and        -   R⁴ is C₄-C₁₂ alkylcycloalkyl or C₄-C₁₂ cycloalkylalkyl, each            optionally substituted with one to six substituents selected            from CH₃ and halogen; or        -   R⁴ is C₃-C₅ oxiranylalkyl, C₄-C₆ oxetanylalkyl or            3-oxetanyl, each optionally substituted with 1 to 2            substituents independently selected from CH₃, CF₃, halogen,            CN and C(O)OCH₃.    -   Embodiment A1. A compound of Formula 1 wherein        -   R^(1a) is C₁-C₄ alkyl, C₁-C₄ haloalkyl, halogen, CN, NO₂,            C₁-C₄ alkoxy, C₁-C₄ haloalkoxy, C₁-C₄ alkylthio, C₁-C₄            alkylsulfinyl, C₁-C₄ alkylsulfonyl, C₁-C₄ haloalkylthio,            C₁-C₄ haloalkylsulfinyl or C₁-C₄ haloalkylsulfonyl;        -   R^(1b) is H, C₁-C₄ alkyl, C₁-C₄ haloalkyl, halogen, CN, NO₂,            C₁-C₄ alkoxy, C₁-C₄ haloalkoxy, C₁-C₄ alkylthio, C₁-C₄            alkylsulfinyl, C₁-C₄ alkylsulfonyl, C₁-C₄ haloalkylthio,            C₁-C₄ haloalkylsulfinyl or C₁-C₄ haloalkylsulfonyl;        -   R² and R³ are each independently H, C₁-C₄ alkyl, C₂-C₄            alkenyl, C₂-C₄ alkynyl, C₃-C₆ cycloalkyl, C₂-C₆            alkylcarbonyl or C₂-C₆ alkoxycarbonyl; and        -   R⁴ is (C₁-C₈)alkyl(C₃-C₄)cycloalkyl or            (C₃-C₄)cycloalkyl(C₁-C₈)alkyl, each optionally substituted            with one to six substituents selected from CH₃ and halogen;            or        -   R⁴ is C₃-C₅ oxiranylalkyl, C₄-C₆ oxetanylalkyl or            3-oxetanyl, each optionally substituted with 1 to 2            substituents independently selected from CH₃, CF₃, halogen,            CN and C(O)OCH₃.    -   Embodiment B. A compound of Embodiments A or A1 wherein        -   R^(1a) is CH₃, CF₃, OCF₃, OCHF₂, S(O)_(n)CF₃, S(O)_(n)CHF₂,            CN or halogen;        -   R^(1b) is H, CH₃, CF₃, OCF₃, OCHF₂, S(O)_(p)CF₃,            S(O)_(p)CHF₂, CN or halogen;        -   R² and R³ are H;        -   n is 0, 1 or 2; and        -   p is 0, 1 or 2.    -   Embodiment C. A compound of Embodiment B wherein        -   each R⁵ is independently C₁-C₄ alkyl, C₁-C₄ haloalkyl, C₁-C₂            haloalkoxy, halogen or CN;        -   each R⁶ is independently H, CH₃, CF₃, CH₂CF₃, CHF₂, OCH₂CF₃,            OCHF₂ or halogen;        -   R⁷ is phenyl optionally substituted with one to three            substituents selected from R⁹; or        -   R⁷ is

-   -   -   each R⁹ is independently C₁-C₄ alkyl, C₁-C₄ haloalkyl,            halogen or CN;        -   R⁸ is CH₂CF₃ or CHF₂; and        -   s is 0, 1 or 2.

    -   Embodiment D. A compound of Embodiment C wherein        -   each R⁶ is independently halogen, OCH₂CF₃, OCHF₂ or CF₃;        -   R⁷ is

-   -   -   each R⁹ is independently H, CH₃, CF₃, CN or halogen.

    -   Embodiment E. A compound of Embodiment D wherein J is J-1, J-2,        J-4, J-7 or J-8.

    -   Embodiment F. A compound of Embodiment E wherein        -   R^(1a) is CH₃, F, Cl, Br or I;        -   R^(1b) is H, CH₃, CF₃, CN, F, Cl, Br or I; and        -   each R⁶ is independently Cl, Br, OCH₂CF₃ or CF₃.

    -   Embodiment G. A compound of Embodiment F wherein        -   J is J-2, J-4, J-7 or J-8; and        -   R⁴ is 1-methylcyclopropyl, 1-methylcyclobutyl,            cyclopropylmethyl or cyclobutylmethyl; each optionally            substituted with one to four CH₃ or halogen; or        -   R⁴ is oxiranylmethyl, 2-oxetanylmethyl, 3-oxetanylmethyl or            3-oxetanyl, each optionally substituted with 1 to 2 CH₃.

    -   Embodiment H. A compound of Embodiment F wherein        -   J is J-1; and        -   R⁴ is 1-methylcyclopropyl, 1-methylcyclobutyl,            cyclopropylmethyl or cyclobutylmethyl, each optionally            substituted with one to four CH₃ or halogen; or        -   R⁴ is oxiranylmethyl, 2-oxetanylmethyl, 3-oxetanylmethyl or            3-oxetanyl, each optionally substituted with 1 to 2 CH₃;

    -   provided that when R⁴ is 1-methylcyclopropyl, then R^(1b) is        other than H.

Specific embodiments include compounds of Formula 1 selected from thegroup consisting of:

-   1-(3-chloro-2-pyridinyl)-N-[4-cyano-2-[[(cyclopropylmethyl)amino]carbonyl]-6-methylphenyl]-3-(trifluoromethyl)-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide;-   3-bromo-N-[4-chloro-2-[[(cyclopropylmethyl)amino]carbonyl]-6-methylphenyl]-1-(3-chloro-2-pyridinyl)-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide;-   3-bromo-1-(3-chloro-2-pyridinyl)-N-[2,4-dichloro-6-[[(2-oxetanylmethyl)amino]carbonyl]phenyl]-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide;-   3-bromo-N-[4-chloro-2-methyl-6-[[(2-oxetanylmethyl)amino]carbonyl]phenyl]-1-(3-chloro-2-pyridinyl)-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide;-   3-chloro-1-(3-chloro-2-pyridinyl)-N-[2,4-dichloro-6-[[(2-oxetanylmethyl)amino]carbonyl]phenyl]-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide;-   1-(2-chlorophenyl)-N-[4-cyano-2-methyl-6-[[(2-oxetanylmethyl)amino]carbonyl]phenyl]-3-(trifluoromethyl)-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide;-   3-bromo-1-(3-chloro-2-pyridinyl)-N-[4-cyano-2-methyl-6-[[(2-oxetanylmethyl)amino]carbonyl]phenyl]-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide;-   3-bromo-N-[4-chloro-2-methyl-6-[[(1-methylcyclopropyl)amino]carbonyl]phenyl]-1-(3-chloro-2-pyridinyl)-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide;-   3-bromo-1-(3-chloro-2-pyridinyl)-N-[2,4-dichloro-6-[[(1-methylcyclopropyl)amino]carbonyl]phenyl]-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide;-   3-bromo-1-(3-chloro-2-pyridinyl)-N-[4-cyano-2-methyl-6-[[(1-methylcyclopropyl)amino]carbonyl]phenyl]-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide;-   3-bromo-1-(2-chlorophenyl)-N-[4-cyano-2-[[(cyclopropylmethyl)amino]carbonyl]-6-methylphenyl]-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide;-   3-bromo-N-[4-chloro-2-[[(cyclopropylmethyl)amino]carbonyl]-6-methylphenyl]-1-(2-chlorophenyl)-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide;-   3-bromo-N-[4-chloro-2-[[(1-cyclopropylethyl)amino]carbonyl]-6-methylphenyl]-1-(3-chloro-2-pyridinyl)-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide;-   3-bromo-N-[4-chloro-2-[[(1-cyclopropylethyl)amino]carbonyl]-6-methylphenyl]-1-(2-chlorophenyl)-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide;    and-   3-bromo-1-(3-chloro-2-pyridinyl)-N-[4-cyano-2-[[(1-cyclopropylethyl)amino]carbonyl]-6-methylphenyl]-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide.

Further specific embodiments include any combination of the compounds ofFormula 1 selected from the group immediately above.

Also noteworthy as embodiments of the present invention are compositionscomprising a compound of any of the preceding Embodiments, as well asany other embodiments described herein, and any combinations thereof,and at least one additional component selected from the group consistingof a surfactant, a solid diluent and a liquid diluent, said compositionoptionally further comprising at least one additional biologicallyactive compound or agent.

Also noteworthy as embodiments of the present invention are compositionsfor controlling an invertebrate pest comprising a biologically effectiveamount of a compound of any of the preceding Embodiments, as well as anyother embodiments described herein, and any combinations thereof, and atleast one additional component selected from the group consisting of asurfactant, a solid diluent and a liquid diluent, said compositionoptionally further comprising a biologically effective amount of atleast one additional biologically active compound or agent. Embodimentsof the invention further include methods for controlling an invertebratepest comprising contacting the invertebrate pest or its environment witha biologically effective amount of a compound of any of the precedingEmbodiments, as well as any other embodiments described herein, and anycombinations thereof (e.g., as a composition described herein).

Embodiments of the invention also include a composition comprising acompound of any of the preceding Embodiments, as well as any otherembodiments described herein, and any combinations thereof, in the formof a soil drench liquid formulation. Embodiments of the inventionfurther include methods for controlling an invertebrate pest comprisingcontacting the soil with a liquid composition as a soil drenchcomprising a biologically effective amount of a compound of any of thepreceding Embodiments, as well as any other embodiments describedherein, and any combinations thereof.

Embodiments of the invention also include a spray composition forcontrolling an invertebrate pest comprising a biologically effectiveamount of a compound of any of the preceding Embodiments, as well as anyother embodiments described herein, and any combinations thereof and apropellant. Embodiments of the invention further include a baitcomposition for controlling an invertebrate pest comprising abiologically effective amount of a compound of any of the precedingEmbodiments, as well as any other embodiments described herein, and anycombinations thereof, one or more food materials, optionally anattractant, and optionally a humectant. Embodiments of the inventionalso include a device for controlling an invertebrate pest comprisingsaid bait composition and a housing adapted to receive said baitcomposition, wherein the housing has at least one opening sized topermit the invertebrate pest to pass through the opening so theinvertebrate pest can gain access to said bait composition from alocation outside the housing, and wherein the housing is further adaptedto be placed in or near a locus of potential or known activity for theinvertebrate pest.

Of note is a compound of Formula 1 wherein the cycloalkyl orcycloalkenyl moiety of the R⁴ substituent is a C₃-C₄ carbocyclic ring.Accordingly in R⁴ of said compound, “C₄-C₁₂ alkylcycloalkyl” consists of“(C₁-C₈ alkyl)(C₃-C₄ cycloalkyl)”, “C₅-C₁₂ alkenylcycloalkyl” consistsof “(C₂-C₈ alkenyl)(C₃-C₄ cycloalkyl)”, “C₅-C₁₂ alkynylcycloalkyl”consists of “(C₂-C₈ alkynyl)(C₃-C₄ cycloalkyl)”, “C₄-C₁₂cycloalkylalkyl” consists of “(C₃-C₄ cycloalkyl)(C₁-C₈ alkyl)”, “C₅-C₁₂cycloalkylalkenyl” consists of “(C₃-C₄ cycloalkyl)(C₂-C₈ alkenyl)”,“C₅-C₁₂ cycloalkylalkynyl” consists of “(C₃-C₄ cycloalkyl)(C₂-C₈alkynyl)”, “C₄-C₁₂ cycloalkenylalkyl” consists of “(C₃-C₄cycloalkenyl)(C₁-C₈ alkyl)” and “C₄-C₁₂ alkylcycloalkenyl” consists of“(C₁-C₈ alkyl)(C₃-C₄ cycloalkenyl)”.

Of note is a compound of Formula 1 other than3-bromo-N-[4-chloro-2-[[(cyclopropylmethyl)amino]carbonyl]-6-methylphenyl]-1-(3-chloro-2-pyridinyl)-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide.

Of note is a mixture comprising3-bromo-N-4-chloro-2-[[(cyclopropylmethyl)amino]-carbonyl]-6-methylphenyl]-1-(3-chloro-2-pyridinyl)-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide,and at least one additional biologically active compound or agent. Ofparticular note is a synergistic mixture comprising3-bromo-N-[4-chloro-2-[[(cyclopropylmethyl)amino]-carbonyl]-6-methylphenyl]-1-(3-chloro-2-pyridinyl)-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide,and at least one additional biologically active compound or agent. Offurther note is a synergistic mixture comprising3-bromo-N-[4-chloro-2-[[(cyclopropylmethyl)amino]carbonyl]-6-methylphenyl]-1-(3-chloro-2-pyridinyl)-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide,and imidacloprid or thiamethoxam.

Of note is a compound of Formula 1 other than3-bromo-N-[4-chloro-2-[[(1-cyclopropylethyl)amino]carbonyl]-6-methylphenyl]-1-(3-chloro-2-pyridinyl)-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide.

Of note is a mixture comprising3-bromo-N-[4-chloro-2-[[(1-cyclopropylethyl)amino]-carbonyl]-6-methylphenyl]-1-(3-chloro-2-pyridinyl)-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide,and at least one additional biologically active compound or agent.

Of note is a compound of Formula 1, or an N-oxide thereof, wherein whenJ is J-1, R⁶ is CF₃, R⁷ is 3-chloro-2-pyridinyl, R² and R³ are H, R^(1a)is Me, and R^(1b) is H or Cl, then R⁴ is other than cyclopropylmethyl.

Of note is a mixture comprising a compound of Formula 1, or an N-oxidethereof, wherein J is J-1, R⁶ is CF₃, R⁷ is 3-chloro-2-pyridinyl, R² andR³ are H, R^(1a) is Me, R^(1b) is H or Cl, and R⁴ is cyclopropylmethyl,and at least one additional biologically active compound or agent.

Of note is a compound of Formula 1 wherein when J is J-1, R⁶ is CF₃, R⁷is 3-chloro-2-pyridinyl, R² and R³ are H, R^(1a) is Me, and R^(1b) isCl, then R⁴ is other than (2-methylcyclopropyl)methyl,(2,2-dichloro-1-methylcyclopropyl)methyl, (1-methyl-cyclopropyl)methylor 1-cyclobutylethyl.

Of note is a mixture comprising a compound of Formula 1 wherein J isJ-1, R⁶ is CF₃, R⁷ is 3-chloro-2-pyridinyl, R² and R³ are H, R^(1a) isMe, R^(1b) is Cl, and R⁴ is (2-methylcyclopropyl)methyl,(2,2-dichloro-1-methylcyclopropyl)methyl, (1-methyl-cyclopropyl)methylor 1-cyclobutylethyl, and at least one additional biologically activecompound or agent.

Of note is a compound of Formula 1 wherein when J is J-1, R⁶ is Br, C₁,CF₃ or OCH₂CF₃, R⁷ is 2-pyridinyl optionally substituted with halogen atpositions 3 and/or 5 of the pyridinyl ring, R² and R³ are H, R⁴ is1-cyclopropylethyl, and R^(1a) is Me, Et, halogen, CF₃, CHF₂ or OCHF₂,then R^(1b) is other than H, halogen, CF₃, CHF₂, NO₂, OMe, CH═CH₂,CH═CCl₂, C≡CH, C≡CI, C(O)CH₃, C(O)CF₃, C(O)OMe or C(O)Oi-Pr.

Of note is a mixture comprising a compound of Formula 1 wherein J isJ-1, R⁶ is Br, C₁, CF₃ or OCH₂CF₃, R⁷ is 2-pyridinyl optionallysubstituted with halogen at positions 3 and/or 5 of the pyridinyl ring,R² and R³ are H, R⁴ is 1-cyclopropylethyl, R^(1a) is Me, Et, halogen,CF₃, CHF₂ or OCHF₂, and R^(1b) is H, halogen, CF₃, CHF₂, NO₂, OMe,CH═CH₂, CH═CCl₂, C≡CH, C≡CI, C(O)CH₃, C(O)CF₃, C(O)OMe or C(O)Oi-Pr, andat least one additional biologically active compound or agent.

Of note is a compound of Formula 1, or an N-oxide thereof, wherein whenJ is J-1, R⁷ is optionally substituted 2-pyridinyl, R^(1a) is Me, Et,halogen, CF₃, CHF₂ or OCHF₂, and R² and R³ are H, then R⁴ is other thancyclopropylmethyl, 1-cyclopropylethyl, (2-methyl-cyclopropyl)methyl,(2,2-dichloro-1-methylcyclopropyl)methyl, (1-methylcyclopropyl)-methylor 1-cyclobutylethyl.

Of note is a mixture comprising a compound of Formula 1, or an N-oxidethereof, wherein J is J-1, R⁷ is optionally substituted 2-pyridinyl,R^(1a) is Me, Et, halogen, CF₃, CHF₂ or OCHF₂, R² and R³ are H, and R⁴is cyclopropylmethyl, 1-cyclopropylethyl, (2-methyl-cyclopropyl)methyl,(2,2-dichloro-1-methylcyclopropyl)methyl, (1-methylcyclopropyl)-methylor 1-cyclobutylethyl, and at least one additional biologically activecompound or agent.

Of note is a compound of Formula 1, or an N-oxide thereof, wherein whenJ is J-1, R⁷ is optionally substituted 2-pyridinyl, and R² and R³ are H,then R⁴ is other than cyclopropylmethyl, 1-cyclopropylethyl(2-methylcyclopropyl)methyl, (2,2-dichloro-1-methylcyclopropyl)methyl,(1-methylcyclopropyl)methyl or 1-cyclobutylethyl.

Of note is a mixture comprising a compound of Formula 1, or an N-oxidethereof, wherein J is J-1, R⁷ is optionally substituted 2-pyridinyl, R²and R³ are H, and R⁴ is cyclopropylmethyl, 1-cyclopropylethyl(2-methylcyclopropyl)methyl, (2,2-dichloro-1-methylcyclopropyl)methyl,(1-methylcyclopropyl)methyl or 1-cyclobutylethyl, and at least oneadditional biologically active compound or agent.

Of note is a compound of Formula 1, or an N-oxide thereof, wherein whenJ is J-1, R⁷ is optionally substituted 2-pyridinyl, and R² and R³ are H,then R⁴ is other than optionally substituted (C₃-C₄ cycloalkyl)(C₁-C₆alkyl).

Of note is a mixture comprising a compound of Formula 1, or an N-oxidethereof, wherein J is J-1, R⁷ is optionally substituted 2-pyridinyl, R²and R³ are H, and R⁴ is optionally substituted (C₃-C₄ cycloalkyl)(C₁-C₆alkyl), and at least one additional biologically active compound oragent.

Of note is a mixture comprising3-bromo-1-(3-chloro-2-pyridinyl)-N-[4-cyano-2-[[(cyclopropylmethyl)amino]-carbonyl]-6-methylphenyl]-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide,and at least one additional biologically active compound or agent. Ofparticular note is a synergistic mixture comprising3-bromo-1-(3-chloro-2-pyridinyl)-N-[4-cyano-2-[[(cyclopropylmethyl)amino]-carbonyl]-6-methylphenyl]-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide,and at least one additional biologically active compound or agent. Offurther note is a synergistic mixture comprising3-bromo-1-(3-chloro-2-pyridinyl)-N-[4-cyano-2-[[(cyclopropylmethyl)-amino]carbonyl]-6-methylphenyl]-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide,and imidacloprid or thiamethoxam.

Of note is a compound of Formula 1 wherein when R^(1a) is Me, Cl, Br orF, R^(1b) is CN, R² is H, R³ is H or Me, J is J-1, R⁶ is F, Cl, Br,C₁-C₄ haloalkyl or C₁-C₄ haloalkoxy, R⁷ is 2-pyridinyl substituted withF, Cl or Br as R^(9a) at position 3 and unsubstituted at position 5 orsubstituted with F or Cl as R^(9b) at position 5 of the pyridinyl ring,then R⁴ is other than C₄-C₆ cycloalkylalkyl.

Of note is a compound of Formula 1 wherein when R^(1b) is CN, J is J-1,R⁷ is optionally substituted 2-pyridinyl, R² is H and R³ is H or Me,then R⁴ is other than C₄-C₆ cycloalkylalkyl.

Of note that a compound of Formula 1 wherein when R^(1b) is CN, J isJ-1, and R⁷ is optionally substituted 2-pyridinyl, then R⁴ is other thanC₄-C₆ cycloalkylalkyl.

Of note are compounds of Embodiments 1A through 2J, 3A through 5D;6A-6B; 7A-7U; 10A-10D; 11A-11D; 12A-12D; 13A-13B; 14A-14B; 15A-15L; andany combination of the foregoing, which are compounds of Embodiment 8Jand/or Embodiment 8K. Also of note is a combination of the compounds ofEmbodiments 8J and 8K and the compound3-bromo-1-(3-chloro-2pyridinyl)-N-[4-cyano-2-[[cyclopropylmethyl)amino]carbonyl]-6-methylphenyl]-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide.

Compounds of Formula 1 can be prepared by one or more of the followingmethods and variations as described in Schemes 1-8. The definitions ofJ, R^(1a), R^(1b), R², R³ and R⁴ in the compounds of Formulae 1-11 beloware as defined above in the Summary of the Invention. Formula 3a is asubset of Formula 3, likewise Formula 10a is a subset of Formula 10, andFormula 1a is a subset of Formula 1.

Compounds of Formula 1 can be prepared by the reaction of benzoxazinonesof Formula 2 with amines of Formula 3 as outlined in Scheme 1.

The reaction can be run neat or in a variety of suitable solventsincluding tetrahydrofuran, diethyl ether, dichloromethane, chloroform orlower alcohols such as methanol or ethanol with optimum temperaturesranging from room temperature to the reflux temperature of the solvent.The general reaction of benzoxazinones with amines to produceanthranilamides is well documented in the chemical literature. For areview of benzoxazinone chemistry see Jakobsen et al., Bioorganic andMedicinal Chemistry 2000, 8, 2095-2103 and references cited within. Seealso G. M. Coppola, J. Heterocyclic Chemistry 1999, 36, 563-588.

Benzoxazinones of Formula 2 can be prepared by a variety of methods.Three methods that are especially useful are detailed in Schemes 24. InScheme 2, a benzoxazinone of Formula 2 is prepared directly via couplingof a carboxylic acid of Formula 4 with an anthranilic acid of Formula 5.

This involves sequential addition of methanesulfonyl chloride in thepresence of a tertiary amine such as triethylamine to apyrazolecarboxylic acid of Formula 4, followed by the addition of theanthranilic acid of Formula 5, followed by a second addition oftriethylamine and methanesulfonyl chloride. This method generallyaffords good yields of the benzoxazinone.

Scheme 3 depicts an alternate preparation for benzoxazinones of Formula2 involving coupling of an acid chloride of Formula 7 with an isatoicanhydride of Formula 6 to provide the Formula 2 benzoxazinone directly.Solvents such as pyridine or pyridine/acetonitrile are suitable for thisreaction. The acid chlorides of Formula 7 are available from thecorresponding acids of Formula 4 by known methods such as chlorinationwith thionyl chloride or oxalyl chloride.

In Scheme 4, the benzoxazinone of Formula 2 is prepared directly viacoupling of a carboxylic acid of Formula 4 with an anthranilic acid ofFormula 5. This involves sequential addition of a pyridine base such as3-picoline to a mixture of the pyrazolecarboxylic acid of Formula 4 andthe anthranilic acid of Formula 5, followed by addition ofmethanesulfonyl chloride. This method affords very good yields of thebenzoxazinone. For additional references related to the preparation ofrepresentative benzoxazinones of Formula 2 see PCT Patent PublicationsWO 2003/015519, 2004/011447 and 2004/067528. Anthranilic acids ofFormula 5 are available commercially or by a variety of known methods.

In Scheme 1, when the amine of Formula 3 is a primary amine (R³ is H)and not commercially available, for example, 2-oxetanylmethyl amine, theamine of Formula 3 can be prepared by reacting the corresponding alcoholof Formula 8 with phthalimide by the Mitsunobu reaction to yield acompound of Formula 9 (Scheme 5). Treatment with hydrazine hydrate athigh temperature in protic solvent such as ethyl alcohol yields theamine of Formula 3a. For general reviews of a wide variety of methodsknown in the art for preparing amines, see Mitsunobu, O. ComprehensiveOrganic Synthesis; Trost, B. M., Fleming, I., Eds.; Pergamon: Oxford,1991; Vol. 6, pages 65-101. For a general review describing methods forpreparing secondary amines, see Salvatore, R. N. et al. Tetrahedron2001, 57, 7785-7811.

An alternate method for the preparation of compounds of Formula 1 isdepicted in Scheme 6. In this process an amide of Formula 10 is coupleddirectly with an acid of Formula 4 to produce the anthranilamide ofFormula 1. This method involves addition of two or more equivalents ofan amine base, such as pyridine or picoline, to an acid of Formula 4followed by addition of a sulfonyl halide such as methanesulfonylchloride. The amide of Formula 10 is then added resulting in a directcoupling to produce the anthranilamide of Formula 1.

Following the procedures described for Scheme 6, a preferred set ofamides of Formula 10a can be used to prepare a preferred set ofanthranilamides of Formula 1a as shown in Scheme 7.

Amides of Formula 10 may be prepared as shown in Scheme 8 by knownmethods involving reaction of the amine of Formula 3 with an isatoicanhydride of Formula 11.

It is recognized that some reagents and reaction conditions describedabove for preparing compounds of Formula 1 may not be compatible withcertain functionalities present in the intermediates. In theseinstances, the incorporation of protection/deprotection sequences orfunctional group interconversions into the synthesis will aid inobtaining the desired products. The use and choice of the protectinggroups will be apparent to one skilled in chemical synthesis (see, forexample, Greene, T. W.; Wuts, P. G. M. Protective Groups in OrganicSynthesis, 2nd ed.; Wiley: New York, 1991). One skilled in the art willrecognize that, in some cases, after the introduction of a given reagentas it is depicted in any individual scheme, it may be necessary toperform additional routine synthetic steps not described in detail tocomplete the synthesis of compounds of Formula 1. One skilled in the artwill also recognize that it may be necessary to perform a combination ofthe steps illustrated in the above schemes in an order other than thatimplied by the particular sequence presented to prepare the compounds ofFormula 1.

One skilled in the art will also recognize that compounds of Formula 1and the intermediates described herein can be subjected to variouselectrophilic, nucleophilic, radical, organometallic, oxidation, andreduction reactions to add substituents or modify existing substituents.

Without further elaboration, it is believed that one skilled in the artusing the preceding description can utilize the present invention to itsfullest extent. The following Examples are, therefore, to be construedas merely illustrative, and not limiting of the disclosure in any waywhatsoever. ¹H NMR spectra are reported in ppm downfield fromtetramethylsilane; “s” means singlet, “d” means doublet, “t” meanstriplet, “q” means quartet, “m” means multiplet, “dd” means doublet ofdoublets, “dt” means doublet of triplets, “br s” means broad singlet and“br t” means broad triplet.

EXAMPLE 1 Preparation of1-(3-chloro-2-pyridinyl)-N-[4-cyano-2-[[(cyclopropylmethyl)amino]carbonyl]-6-methylphenyl]-3-(trifluoromethyl)-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide

2-[1-(3-Chloro-2-pyridinyl)-3-(trifluoromethyl)-1H-pyrazol-5-yl]-8-methyl-4-oxo-4H-3,1-benzoxazine-6-carbonitrile(150 mg, 0.35 mmol), prepared by the procedure described in PCT PatentPublication WO2004/067528, in acetonitrile (10 mL) was combined withcyclopropylmethylamine hydrochloride (112 mg, 1.0 mmol) andtriethylamine (0.145 mL, 1.0 mmol). The resulting solution was heated atreflux for several minutes and then stirred at ambient temperature for15 minutes. Water was added (10 mL) and the mixture was cooled to 0° C.to precipitate a solid. The solid was collected by filtration and washedsuccessively with water and ether/hexane to yield the title compound asa white solid (139 mg), m.p. 235-236° C.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃) δ 10.7 (br s, 1H), 8.50 (d, 1H), 7.90 (d, 1H), 7.63 (s,1H), 7.61 (s, 1H) 7.43 (dd, 1H), 7.28 (s, 1H), 6.35 (br t, 1H), 3.29(dd, 2H), 2.26 (s, 3H), 1.04 (m, 1H), 0.60 (m, 2H), 0.28 (m, 2H).

EXAMPLE 2 Preparation of3-bromo-N-[4-chloro-2-[[(cyclopropylmethyl)amino]carbonyl]-6-methylphenyl]-1-(3-chloro-2-pyridinyl)-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide

2-[3-bromo-1-(3-chloro-2-pyridinyl)-1H-pyrazole-5-yl]-6-chloro-8-methyl-4H-3,1-benzoxazin-4-one(157 mg, 0.35 mmol), prepared by the procedure described in PCT PatentPublication WO2003/015519, in acetonitrile (10 mL) was combined withcyclopropylmethylamine hydrochloride (112 mg, 1.0 mmol) andtriethylamine (0.145 mL, 1.0 mmol). The resulting solution was heated atreflux for several minutes and then stirred at ambient temperature for15 minutes. Water was added (10 mL) and the mixture was cooled to 0° C.to precipitate a solid. The solid was collected by filtration and washedsuccessively with water and ether/hexane to yield 170 mg of the titlecompound as a white solid, m.p. 172-173° C.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃) δ 10.1 (br s, 1H), 8.46 (d, 1H), 7.85 (d, 1H), 7.40 (dd,1H), 7.26 (s, 2H), 7.07 (s, 1H), 6.23 (br t, 1H), 3.25 (dd, 2H), 2.19(s, 3H), 1.0 (m, 1H), 0.58 (m, 2H) 0.26 (m, 2H).

EXAMPLE 3 Preparation of3-bromo-N-[4-chloro-2-methyl-6-[[(2-oxetanylmethyl)amino]carbonyl]phenyl]-1-(3-chloro-2-pyridinyl)-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamideStep A: Preparation of 2-(2-oxetanylmethyl)-1H-isoindole-1,3(2H)-dione

2-Hydroxymethyloxetane (0.250 g, 2.84 mmol), phthalimide (0.501 g, 3.4mmol) and triphenylphosphine (0.892 g, 3.4 mmol) were dissolved intetrahydrofuran. Diisopropyl azodicarboxylate (0.659 mL, 3.4 mmol) wasthen added over approximately 5 minutes, and the solution was stirred atroom temperature for two hours. The reaction mixture was concentratedunder reduced pressure and purified via medium pressure liquidchromatography (ethyl acetate/hexane gradient) to yield the titlecompound (0.485 g) as a light yellow solid.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃) δ 7.86 (m 2H), 7.72 (m 2H), 5.06 (m, 1H), 4.62 (m, 2H),4.08 (m 1H), 3.92 (m 1H), 2.73 (m, 1H), 2.54 (m, 1H).

Step B: Preparation of3-bromo-N-[4-chloro-2methyl-6-[[(2-oxetanylmethyl)amino]carbonyl]phenyl]-1-(3-chloro-2-pyridinyl)-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide

To a solution of 2-(2-oxetanylmethyl)-1H-isoindole-1,3(2H)-dione (i.e.the product from Step A) (0.150 g, 0.691 mmol) in ethanol (10 mL) wasadded hydrazine hydrate (0.035 g, 0.691 mmol). The reaction mixture wasrefluxed for 16 hours. The resulting mixture was filtered through asintered glass frit funnel directly into a flask containing a solutionof2-[3-bromo-1-(3-chloro-2-pyridinyl)-1H-pyrazole-5-yl]-6-chloro-8-methyl-4H-3,1-benzoxazin-4-one(0.312 g, 0.691 mmol), prepared by the procedure described in PCTpublication WO2003/015519, in dichloromethane (10 mL). The reactionmixture was stirred at room temperature for 24 hours. The reaction wasconcentrated under reduced pressure and the crude product was purifiedby medium pressure liquid chromatography on silica gel (eluted withethyl acetate-hexanes gradient) to afford the title compound, a compoundof the present invention, as a white solid (0.196 g), m.p. 95-97° C.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃) δ 10.1 (br s, 1H), 8.43 (m 1H), 7.82 (m 1H), 7.35 (m 1H),7.23 (m, 2H), 7.09 (br s, 1H), 6.84 (m 1H), 4.92 (m, 1H), 4.64 (m 1H),4.44 (m, 1H), 3.67 (m, 1H), 3.53 (m, 1H), 2.65 (m, 1H), 2.41 (m, 1H),2.14 (s, 3H).

EXAMPLE 4 Alternative Preparation of3-bromo-N-[4-chloro-2-[[(cyclopropylmethyl)amino]carbonyl]-6-methylphenyl]-1-(3-chloro-2-pyridinyl)-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamideStep A: Preparation of2-amino-5-chloro-N-(cyclopropylmethyl)-3-methylbenzamide

A solution of 6-chloro-8-methyl-2H-3,1-benzoxazine-2,4(1H)-dione (1.0 g,4.74 mmol), prepared by the procedure described in PCT PatentPublication WO2003/015519, in ethyl acetate (300 mL) was heated toreflux to dissolve most of the solids. The resulting solution was cooledto room temperature and cyclopropylmethylamine (0.61 mL, 7.1 mmol) wasadded. The mixture was stirred at room temperature overnight. Theprecipitated solid was filtered and discarded. The filtrate wasconcentrated to dryness. The residual solid was rinsed with hexane,collected by filtration, and dried to yield the title compound as awhite solid (0.74 g), m.p. 127-128° C.

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆) δ 8.46 (br t, 1H), 7.43 (s, 1H), 7.12 (s, 1H), 6.33 (bs, 2H), 3.08 (t, 2H) 2.08 (s, 3H), 1.00 (m, 1H), 0.42 (dd, 2H), 0.21(dd, 2H).

Step B: Preparation of3-bromo-N-[4-chloro-2-[[(cyclopropylmethyl)amino]-carbonyl]-6-methylphenyl]-1-(3-chloro-2-pyridinyl)-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide

To a solution of3-bromo-1-(3-chloro-2-pyridinyl)-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxylic acid (0.2 g,0.66 mmol), prepared by the procedure described in PCT PatentPublication WO2003/015519, in acetonitrile (20 mL) was added 3-picoline(0.161 mL, 1.66 mmol) followed by methanesulfonyl chloride (0.054 mL,0.70 mmol), and the mixture was then stirred at room temperature for 10minutes. After this time2-amino-5-chloro-N-(cyclopropylmethyl)-3-methylbenzamide (0.158 g, 0.66mmol) was added and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 2hours. The reaction mixture was diluted with ethyl acetate and washedwith 1 N HCl followed by saturated aqueous NaCl. The organic phase wasdried over magnesium sulfate and concentrated. The residual solids werepurified by chromatography on silica gel to afford the title compound, acompound of the present invention, as a white solid (0.100 g), m.p.166-168° C. Spectral data was consistent with that of Example 2.

EXAMPLE 5 Preparation of3-bromo-N-[4-chloro-2-[[(1-cyclopropylethyl)amino]carbonyl]-6-methylphenyl]-1-(3-chloro-2-pyridinyl)-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamideStep A: Preparation of 1-cyclopropylethanone Oxime

A mixture of 1-cyclopropylethanone (Aldrich, 6.55 g, 78 mmol),hydroxylamine hydrochloride (7.86 g, 113.1 mmol) and sodium acetate(9.92 g, 121.7 mmol) in ethanol (50 mL) was heated at reflux for 16hours. The reaction was then partitioned between aqueous sodiumbicarbonate and ethyl acetate. The organic solution was washed withwater, dried over magnesium sulfate and filtered. The filtrate wasconcentrated to afford the title compound (5.8 g) as clear colorlessoil. ¹H NMR indicated a mixture of E and Z isomers. ¹H NMR (CDCl₃) δ 8.9(br s, 1H), 2.44 and 1.60 (2 m, 1H), 1.72 and 1.55 (2 s, 3H), 0.85 and0.74 (2 m, 4H).

Step) B: Preparation of α-methylcyclopropanemethanamine

To a solution of 1-cyclopropylethanone oxime (i.e. the product of StepA, 0.5 g, 5.0 mmol) in diethyl ether (10 mL) was added a 1.0 M solutionof lithium aluminum hydride in diethyl ether (5.0 mL, 5.0 mmol), and thereaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 30 minutes. Themixture was then heated to reflux for an additional 8 hours. Thereaction mixture was cooled and quenched by successive dropwise additionof water (1.0 mL), 15% aqueous NaOH, (1.0 mL) and water (3.0 mL). Theether layer was decanted from the aqueous layer, and the aqueous layerwas twice further extracted with diethyl ether. The ether extracts weredried over magnesium sulfate and filtered to yield 16 mL of a stocksolution of the title amine in ether, which was used directly in Step C.

Step C: Preparation of3-bromo-N-[4-chloro-2-[[(1-cyclopropylethyl)amino]carbonyl]-6-methylphenyl]-1-(3-chloro-2-pyridinyl)-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide

A solution of2-[3-bromo-1-(3-chloro-2-pyridinyl)-1H-pyrazole-5-yl]-6-chloro-8-methyl-4H-3,1-benzoxazin-4-one(0.080 g, 0.18 mmol), prepared by the procedure described in PCT PatentPublication WO2003/015519, in acetonitrile (5 mL) was combined with anether solution (6 mL) containing an excess ofα-methylcyclopropanemethanamine (i.e. the product of Step B). Theresulting mixture was heated to reflux for several minutes and thenstirred at room temperature overnight. The reaction mixture wasconcentrated, and the solids were purified by chromatography on silicagel to afford the title compound, a compound of the present invention,as a white solid (0.027 g), m.p. 182-183° C.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃) δ 10.15 (s, 1H), 8.48 (d, 1H), 7.83 (d, 1H), 7.38 (m,1H), 7.26 (m, 2H) 7.03 (s, 1H), 6.08 (d, 1H), 3.50 (m, 1H), 2.19 (s,3H), 1.27 (d, 3H), 0.88 (m, 1H), 0.57 (m, 1H), 0.46 (m, 1H), 0.37 (m,1H), 0.27 (m, 1H).

EXAMPLE 6 Preparation of3-bromo-1-(3-chloro-2-pyridinyl)-N-[4-cyano-2-[[(1-cyclopropylethyl)amino]carbonyl]-6-methylphenyl]-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide

A mixture of2-[3-bromo-1-(3-chloro-2-pyridinyl)-1H-pyrazol-5-yl]-8-methyl-4-oxo-4H-3,1-benzoxazine-6-carbonitrile(0.200 g, 0.45 mmol), prepared by the procedure described in PCT PatentPublication WO2004/067528, in acetonitrile (25 mL) was warmed to ahomogeneous solution, and then combined with an ether solution (4 mL)containing an excess of α-methylcyclopropanemethanamine (i.e. theproduct from Step B of Example 5). The resulting mixture was stirred atambient temperature for 20 minutes. The reaction mixture wasconcentrated, and the solid residue was suspended in diethyl ether, andcollected by filtration to afford the title compound, a compound of thepresent invention, as a solid (0.099 g), m.p. 244-245° C.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃) δ 10.06 (s, 1H), 8.48 (d, 1H), 7.86 (m, 1H), 7.60 (d,2H), 7.41 (m, 1H), 7.05 (s, 1H), 6.20 (d, 1H), 3.49 (m, 1H), 2.24 (s,3H), 1.31 (d, 3H), 0.89 (m, 1H), 0.60 (m, 1H), 0.50 (m, 1H), 0.38 (m,1H), 0.32 (m, 1H).

EXAMPLE 7 Preparation of3-bromo-N-[4-chloro-2-[[(1-cyclopropylethyl)amino]carbonyl]-6-methylphenyl]-1-(2-chlorophenyl)-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamideStep A: Preparation of (2E)-[(2-chlorophenyl)hydrazono]acetic Acid

To a solution of 2-chlorophenyl hydrazine hydrochloride (18.8 g, 0.105mol) in water (300 mL) at room temperature was added concentratedhydrochloric acid (13.2 g, 0.136 mol), followed by dropwise addition of50% glyoxylic acid (17.1 g, 0.115 mol) over 20 minutes to form a thickprecipitate. The reaction mixture was then stirred for 30 minutes. Theproduct was isolated by filtration, washed with water, and thendissolved in ethyl acetate (400 mL). The resulting solution was dried(MgSO₄) and concentrated under reduced pressure to afford the titleproduct as a tan solid (20.5 g).

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆) δ 12.45 (s, 1H), 10.7 (s, 1H), 7.59 (d, 1H), 7.54 (s,1H), 7.40 (d, 1H), 7.23 (t, 1H), 6.98 (t, 1H).

Step B: Preparation of (2-chlorophenyl)carbonohydrazonic Dibromide

To a solution of (2E)-[(2-chlorophenyl)hydrazono]acetic acid (i.e. theproduct from Step A) (20.5 g, 0.103 mol) in N,N-dimethylformamide (188mL) at 0° C. was added N-bromosuccinimide (35.7 g, 0.206 mol)portionwise over 30 min. The resulting mixture was stirred overnight atambient temperature. The reaction mixture was diluted with water (150mL) and extracted with diethyl ether (3×200 mL). The combined organicextracts were dried (MgSO₄), and purified by silica gel chromatographyto afford the title compound as a red oil (12.0 g).

¹H NMR (CDCl₃) δ 8.15 (br d, 1H), 7.41 (d, 1H), 7.31 (d, 1H), 7.21 (d,1H), 6.90 (d, 1H).

Step C: Preparation of Methyl3-bromo-1-(2-chlorophenyl)-4,5-dihydro-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxylate

To a solution of (2-chlorophenyl)carbonohydrazonic dibromide (i.e. theproduct from Step B) (12.0 g, 38.5 mmol) in N,N-dimethylformamide (110mL) was added methyl acrylate (13.85 mL, 153.8 mmol) in one portion,followed by dropwise addition of N,N-diisopropylethylamine (7.38 mL,42.3 mmol) over 15 minutes. The reaction mixture was then stirred atambient temperature for 1 h. The reaction mixture was diluted with water(200 mL) and extracted with diethyl ether (2×200 mL). The combinedextracts were washed with water and brine. The ether extracts were dried(MgSO₄) and concentrated under reduced pressure to afford the titlecompound (12.2 g).

¹H NMR (CDCl₃) δ 7.4 (t, 1H), 7.34 (d, 1H), 7.21 (d, 1H), 7.1 (t, 1H),5.2 (m, 1H), 3.55 (s, 3H), 3.4 (m, 1H).

Step D: Preparation of Methyl3-bromo-1-(2-chlorophenyl)-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxylate

To a solution of methyl3-bromo-1-(2-chlorophenyl)-4,5-dihydro-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxylate (i.e.the product from Step C) (12.2 g, 38.4 mmol) in acetone (400 mL) wasadded potassium permanganate (24.2 g, 153.6 mmol) in approximately1-gram portions every 10 minutes while maintaining the reactiontemperature below 40° C. The reaction mixture was then stirred atambient temperature overnight. The reaction mixture was filtered throughCelite® diatomaceous filter aid to remove solids, and then washed withdiethyl ether (4×100 mL). After removal of the solvent, the crudeproduct was purified by chromatography on silica gel to afford the titlecompound as an oil (5.8 g), which solidified on standing.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃) δ 7.5 (d, 1H), 7.4-7.5 (m, 3H), 7.01 (s, 1H), 3.784 (s,3H).

Step E: Preparation of3-bromo-1-(2-chlorophenyl)-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxylic Acid

To a solution of methyl3-bromo-1-(2-chlorophenyl)-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxylate (i.e. the productfrom Step D) (5.8 g, 18.4 mmol) in methanol (40 mL) was added 12%aqueous sodium hydroxide (8.8 g, 30.5 mmol). The reaction mixture wasstirred at ambient temperature for 2 h. The reaction mixture was thendiluted with water (100 mL) and washed with diethyl ether (2×75 mL). Theaqueous solution was acidified with concentrated hydrochloric acid to pH2 and then extracted with ethyl acetate (3×150 mL). The combined ethylacetate extracts were dried (MgSO₄) and concentrated under reducedpressure to afford the title compound (5.8 g).

¹H NMR (CDCl₃) δ 7.4-7.55 (m, 4H), 7.1 (s, 1H).

Step F: Preparation of2-[3-bromo-1-(2-chlorophenyl)-1H-pyrazol-5-yl]-6-chloro-8-methyl-4H-3,1-benzoxazin-4-one

3-Bromo-1-(2-chlorophenyl)-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxylic acid (i.e. theproduct from Step E) (0.165 g, 0.55 mmol),2-amino-3-methyl-5-chlorobenzoic acid (0.101 g, 0.55 mmol) and3-picoline (0.277 mL, 2.8 mmol) were combined with acetonitrile (10 mL)and cooled to −10° C. A solution of methanesulfonyl chloride (0.11 mL,1.4 mmol) in acetonitrile (5 mL) was then added dropwise, and thereaction mixture was stirred at ambient temperature overnight. Water (10mL) was added dropwise to the mixture to precipitate a solid. The solidwas collected by filtration, washed successively with water and hexane,and then dried under nitrogen to afford the title compound as a whitesolid (0.216 g).

¹H NMR (DMSO-d₆) δ 7.90 (d, 1H), 7.73 (m, 2H), 7.6 (m, 3H), 7.48 (s,1H), 1.73 (s, 3H).

Step G: Preparation of3-bromo-N-[4-chloro-2-[[(1-cyclopropylethyl)amino]carbonyl]-6-methylphenyl]-1-(2-chlorophenyl)-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide

A solution of2-[3-bromo-1-(2-chlorophenyl)-1H-pyrazol-5-yl]-6-chloro-8-methyl-4H-3,1-benzoxazin-4-one(i.e. the product from Step F) (0.080 g, 0.18 mmol) in acetonitrile (20mL) was combined with an ether solution (5 mL) containing an excess ofα-methylcyclopropane methanamine (i.e. the product from Step B ofExample 5). The resulting mixture was heated to reflux for severalminutes and then stirred at room temperature overnight. The reactionmixture was concentrated, and the solid residue was suspended in diethylether and collected by filtration to afford the title compound, acompound of the present invention, as a solid (0.035 g), m.p. 180-181°C.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃) δ 10.03 (s, 1H), 7.49 (m, 1H), 7.42 (m, 1H), 7.381 (m,2H), 7.26 (s, 1H), 7.23 (s, 1H), 7.041 (s, 1H), 6.10 (d, 1H), 3.47 (m,1H), 2.184 (s, 3H), 1.27 (d, 3H), 0.84 (m, 1H), 0.54 (m, 1H), 0.46 (m,1H), 0.35 (m, 1H), 0.29 (m, 1H).

EXAMPLE 8 Preparation of3-bromo-N-[4-chloro-2-methyl-6-[[(1-methylcyclopropyl)amino]carbonyl]phenyl]-1-(3-chloro-2-pyridinyl)-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide

A mixture of 1,1-dimethylethyl (1-methylcyclopropyl)carbamate (0.300 g,1.75 mmol) and 0.5 mL of trifluoroacetic acid was stirred overnight atroom temperature. To the mixture, acetonitrile (15 mL) was added,followed by2-[3-bromo-1-(3-chloro-2-pyridinyl)-1H-pyrazole-5-yl]-6-chloro-8-methyl-4H-3,1-benzoxazin-4-one(0.200 g, 0.44 mmol) and triethylamine (0.400 mL, 2.86 mmol). Thereaction mixture was then heated at reflux for 2 h and then cooled toroom temperature. The precipitated solid was collected by filtration,and washed with diethyl ether and hexane to afford the title compound, acompound of the present invention, as a solid (0.056 g), m.p. >250° C.

¹H NMR (CDCl₃) δ 10.15 (s, 1H), 8.45 (d, 1H), 7.83 (d, 1H), 7.39 (m,1H), 7.20 (d, 1H), 7.12 (d, 1H), 6.43 (s, 1H), 2.16 (s, 3H), 1.42 (s,3H), 0.78 (m, 2H), 0.75 (m, 2H).

By the procedures described herein together with methods known in theart, the following compounds of Tables 1 to 10 can be prepared. Thefollowing abbreviations are used in the Tables which follow: CN meanscyano, 2-Cl-Ph means 2-chlorophenyl, and 3-Cl-2-Py means3-chloro-2-pyridinyl.

TABLE 1

R^(1a) R^(1b) R⁶ R⁴ Me Cl CF₃ 1-methylcyclopropyl Me Cl Br1-methylcyclopropyl Me Cl Cl 1-methylcyclopropyl Me Br CF₃1-methylcyclopropyl Me Br Br 1-methylcyclopropyl Me Br Cl1-methylcyclopropyl Me CN CF₃ 1-methylcyclopropyl Me CN Br1-methylcyclopropyl Me CN Cl 1-methylcyclopropyl Cl Cl CF₃1-methylcyclopropyl Cl Cl Br 1-methylcyclopropyl Cl Cl Cl1-methylcyclopropyl Br Br CF 1-methylcyclopropyl Br Br Br1-methylcyclopropyl Br Br Cl 1-methylcyclopropyl Me Cl CF₃2-methylcyclopropyl Me Cl Br 2-methylcyclopropyl Me Cl Cl2-methylcyclopropyl Me Br CF₃ 2-methylcyclopropyl Me Br Br2-methylcyclopropyl Me Br Cl 2-methylcyclopropyl Me CN CF₃2-methylcyclopropyl Me CN Br 2-methylcyclopropyl Me CN Cl2-methylcyclopropyl Cl Cl CF₃ 2-methylcyclopropyl Cl Cl Br2-methylcyclopropyl Cl Cl Cl 2-methylcyclopropyl Br Br CF₃2-methylcyclopropyl Br Br Br 2-methylcyclopropyl Br Br Cl2-methylcyclopropyl Me Cl CF₃ cyclopropylmethyl Me Cl Brcyclopropylmethyl Me Cl Cl cyclopropylmethyl Me Br CF₃ cyclopropylmethylMe Br Br cyclopropylmethyl Me Br Cl cyclopropylmethyl Me CN CF₃cyclopropylmethyl Me CN Br cyclopropylmethyl Me CN Cl cyclopropylmethylCl Cl CF₃ cyclopropylmethyl Cl Cl Br cyclopropylmethyl Cl Cl Clcyclopropylmethyl Br Br CF₃ cyclopropylmethyl Br Br Br cyclopropylmethylBr Br Cl cyclopropylmethyl Me Cl CF₃ 1-cyclopropyl-(1-methyl)ethyl Me ClBr 1-cyclopropyl-(1-methyl)ethyl Me Cl Cl 1-cyclopropyl-(1-methyl)ethylMe Br CF₃ 1-cyclopropyl-(1-methyl)ethyl Me Br Br1-cyclopropyl-(1-methyl)ethyl Me Br Cl 1-cyclopropyl-(1-methyl)ethyl MeCN CF₃ 1-cyclopropyl-(1-methyl)ethyl Me CN Br1-cyclopropyl-(1-methyl)ethyl Me CN Cl 1-cyclopropyl-(1-methyl)ethyl ClCl CF₃ 1-cyclopropyl-(1-methyl)ethyl Cl Cl Br1-cyclopropyl-(1-methyl)ethyl Cl Cl Cl 1-cyclopropyl-(1-methyl)ethyl BrBr CF₃ 1-cyclopropyl-(1-methyl)ethyl Br Br Br1-cyclopropyl-(1-methyl)ethyl Br Br Cl 1-cyclopropyl-(1-methyl)ethyl MeCl CF₃ (2,2-dichlorocyclopropyl)methyl Me Cl Br(2,2-dichlorocyclopropyl)methyl Me Cl Cl (2,2-dichlorocyclopropyl)methylMe Br CF₃ (2,2-dichlorocyclopropyl)methyl Me Br Br(2,2-dichlorocyclopropyl)methyl Me Br Cl (2,2-dichlorocyclopropyl)methylMe CN CF₃ (2,2-dichlorocyclopropyl)methyl Me CN Br(2,2-dichlorocyclopropyl)methyl Me Cl CF₃ 1-methylcyclobutyl Me Cl Br1-methylcyclobutyl Me Cl Cl 1-methylcyclobutyl Me Br CF₃1-methylcyclobutyl Me Br Br 1-methylcyclobutyl Me Br Cl1-methylcyclobutyl Me CN CF₃ 1-methylcyclobutyl Me CN Br1-methylcyclobutyl Me CN Cl 1-methylcyclobutyl Cl Cl CF₃1-methylcyclobutyl Cl Cl Br 1-methylcyclobutyl Cl Cl Cl1-methylcyclobutyl Br Br CF₃ 1-methylcyclobutyl Br Br Br1-methylcyclobutyl Br Br Cl 1-methylcyclobutyl Me Cl CF₃2,2-dimethylcyclopropyl Me Cl Br 2,2-dimethylcyclopropyl Me Cl Cl2,2-dimethylcyclopropyl Me Br CF₃ 2,2-dimethylcyclopropyl Me Br Br2,2-dimethylcyclopropyl Me Br Cl 2,2-dimethylcyclopropyl Me CN CF₃2,2-dimethylcyclopropyl Me CN Br 2,2-dimethylcyclopropyl Me CN Cl2,2-dimethylcyclopropyl Cl Cl CF₃ 2,2-dimethylcyclopropyl Cl Cl Br2,2-dimethylcyclopropyl Cl Cl Cl 2,2-dimethylcyclopropyl Br Br CF₃2,2-dimethylcyclopropyl Br Br Br 2,2-dimethylcyclopropyl Br Br Cl2,2-dimethylcyclopropyl Me Cl CF₃ 1-cyclopropylethyl Me Cl Br1-cyclopropylethyl Me Cl Cl 1-cyclopropylethyl Me Br CF₃1-cyclopropylethyl Me Br Br 1-cyclopropylethyl Me Br Cl1-cyclopropylethyl Me CN CF₃ 1-cyclopropylethyl Me CN Br1-cyclopropylethyl Me CN Cl 1-cyclopropylethyl Cl Cl CF₃1-cyclopropylethyl Cl Cl Br 1-cyclopropylethyl Cl Cl Cl1-cyclopropylethyl Br Br CF₃ 1-cyclopropylethyl Br Br Br1-cyclopropylethyl Br Br Cl 1-cyclopropylethyl Me Cl CF₃(2,2-dimethylcyclopropyl)methyl Me Cl Br (2,2-dimethylcyclopropyl)methylMe Cl Cl (2,2-dimethylcyclopropyl)methyl Me Br CF₃(2,2-dimethylcyclopropyl)methyl Me Br Br (2,2-dimethylcyclopropyl)methylMe Br Cl (2,2-dimethylcyclopropyl)methyl Me CN CF₃(2,2-dimethylcyclopropyl)methyl Me CN Br (2,2-dimethylcyclopropyl)methylMe CN Cl (2,2-dimethylcyclopropyl)methyl Cl Cl CF₃(2,2-dimethylcyclopropyl)methyl Cl Cl Br (2,2-dimethylcyclopropyl)methylCl Cl Cl (2,2-dimethylcyclopropyl)methyl Br Br CF₃(2,2-dimethylcyclopropyl)methyl Br Br Br (2,2-dimethylcyclopropyl)methylBr Br Cl (2,2-dimethylcyclopropyl)methyl Me CN Cl(2,2-dichlorocyclopropyl)methyl Cl Cl CF₃(2,2-dichlorocyclopropyl)methyl Cl Cl Br (2,2-dichlorocyclopropyl)methylCl Cl Cl (2,2-dichlorocyclopropyl)methyl Br Br CF₃(2,2-dichlorocyclopropyl)methyl Br Br Br (2,2-dichlorocyclopropyl)methylBr Br Cl (2,2-dichlorocyclopropyl)methyl

TABLE 2

R^(1a) R^(1b) R⁶ R⁴ Me Cl CF₃ 1-methylcyclopropyl Me Cl Br1-methylcyclopropyl Me Cl Cl 1-methylcyclopropyl Me Br CF₃1-methylcyclopropyl Me Br Br 1-methylcyclopropyl Me Br Cl1-methylcyclopropyl Me CN CF₃ 1-methylcyclopropyl Me CN Br1-methylcyclopropyl Me CN Cl 1-methylcyclopropyl Cl Cl CF₃1-methylcyclopropyl Cl Cl Br 1-methylcyclopropyl Cl Cl Cl1-methylcyclopropyl Br Br CF₃ 1-methylcyclopropyl Br Br Br1-methylcyclopropyl Br Br Cl 1-methylcyclopropyl Me Cl CF₃2-methylcyclopropyl Me Cl Br 2-methylcyclopropyl Me Cl Cl2-methylcyclopropyl Me Br CF₃ 2-methylcyclopropyl Me Br Br2-methylcyclopropyl Me Br Cl 2-methylcyclopropyl Me CN CF₃2-methylcyclopropyl Me CN Br 2-methylcyclopropyl Me CN Cl2-methylcyclopropyl Cl Cl CF₃ 2-methylcyclopropyl Cl Cl Br2-methylcyclopropyl Cl Cl Cl 2-methylcyclopropyl Br Br CF₃2-methylcyclopropyl Br Br Br 2-methylcyclopropyl Br Br Cl2-methylcyclopropyl Me Cl CF₃ cyclopropylmethyl Me Cl Brcyclopropylmethyl Me Cl Cl cyclopropylmethyl Me Br CF₃ cyclopropylmethylMe Br Br cyclopropylmethyl Me Br Cl cyclopropylmethyl Me CN CF₃cyclopropylmethyl Me CN Br cyclopropylmethyl Me CN Cl cyclopropylmethylCl Cl CF₃ cyclopropylmethyl Cl Cl Br cyclopropylmethyl Cl Cl Clcyclopropylmethyl Br Br CF₃ cyclopropylmethyl Br Br Br cyclopropylmethylBr Br Cl cyclopropylmethyl Me Cl CF₃ 1-cyclopropyl-(1-methyl)ethyl Me ClBr 1-cyclopropyl-(1-methyl)ethyl Me Cl Cl 1-cyclopropyl-(1-methyl)ethylMe Br CF₃ 1-cyclopropyl-(1-methyl)ethyl Me Br Br1-cyclopropyl-(1-methyl)ethyl Me Br Cl 1-cyclopropyl-(1-methyl)ethyl MeCN CF₃ 1-cyclopropyl-(1-methyl)ethyl Me CN Br1-cyclopropyl-(1-methyl)ethyl Me CN Cl 1-cyclopropyl-(1-methyl)ethyl ClCl CF₃ 1-cyclopropyl-(1-methyl)ethyl Cl Cl Br1-cyclopropyl-(1-methyl)ethyl Cl Cl Cl 1-cyclopropyl-(1-methyl)ethyl BrBr CF₃ 1-cyclopropyl-(1-methyl)ethyl Br Br Br1-cyclopropyl-(1-methyl)ethyl Br Br Cl 1-cyclopropyl-(1-methyl)ethyl MeCl CF₃ (2,2-dichlorocyclopropyl)methyl Me Cl Br(2,2-dichlorocyclopropyl)methyl Me Cl Cl (2,2-dichlorocyclopropyl)methylMe Br CF₃ (2,2-dichlorocyclopropyl)methyl Me Br Br(2,2-dichlorocyclopropyl)methyl Me Br Cl (2,2-dichlorocyclopropyl)methylMe CN CF₃ (2,2-dichlorocyclopropyl)methyl Me CN Br(2,2-dichlorocyclopropyl)methyl Me Cl CF₃ 1-methylcyclobutyl Me Cl Br1-methylcyclobutyl Me Cl Cl 1-methylcyclobutyl Me Br CF₃1-methylcyclobutyl Me Br Br 1-methylcyclobutyl Me Br Cl1-methylcyclobutyl Me CN CF₃ 1-methylcyclobutyl Me CN Br1-methylcyclobutyl Me CN Cl 1-methylcyclobutyl Cl Cl CF₃1-methylcyclobutyl Cl Cl Br 1-methylcyclobutyl Cl Cl Cl1-methylcyclobutyl Br Br CF₃ 1-methylcyclobutyl Br Br Br1-methylcyclobutyl Br Br Cl 1-methylcyclobutyl Me Cl CF₃2,2-dimethylcyclopropyl Me Cl Br 2,2-dimethylcyclopropyl Me Cl Cl2,2-dimethylcyclopropyl Me Br CF₃ 2,2-dimethylcyclopropyl Me Br Br2,2-dimethylcyclopropyl Me Br Cl 2,2-dimethylcyclopropyl Me CN CF₃2,2-dimethylcyclopropyl Me CN Br 2,2-dimethylcyclopropyl Me CN Cl2,2-dimethylcyclopropyl Cl Cl CF₃ 2,2-dimethylcyclopropyl Cl Cl Br2,2-dimethylcyclopropyl Cl Cl Cl 2,2-dimethylcyclopropyl Br Br CF₃2,2-dimethylcyclopropyl Br Br Br 2,2-dimethylcyclopropyl Br Br Cl2,2-dimethylcyclopropyl Me Cl CF₃ 1-cyclopropylethyl Me Cl Br1-cyclopropylethyl Me Cl Cl 1-cyclopropylethyl Me Br CF₃1-cyclopropylethyl Me Br Br 1-cyclopropylethyl Me Br Cl1-cyclopropylethyl Me CN CF₃ 1-cyclopropylethyl Me CN Br1-cyclopropylethyl Me CN Cl 1-cyclopropylethyl Cl Cl CF₃1-cyclopropylethyl Cl Cl Br 1-cyclopropylethyl Cl Cl Cl1-cyclopropylethyl Br Br CF₃ 1-cyclopropylethyl Br Br Br1-cyclopropylethyl Br Br Cl 1-cyclopropylethyl Me Cl CF₃(2,2-dimethylcyclopropyl)methyl Me Cl Br (2,2-dimethylcyclopropyl)methylMe Cl Cl (2,2-dimethylcyclopropyl)methyl Me Br CF₃(2,2-dimethylcyclopropyl)methyl Me Br Br (2,2-dimethylcyclopropyl)methylMe Br Cl (2,2-dimethylcyclopropyl)methyl Me CN CF₃(2,2-dimethylcyclopropyl)methyl Me CN Br (2,2-dimethylcyclopropyl)methylMe CN Cl (2,2-dimethylcyclopropyl)methyl Cl Cl CF₃(2,2-dimethylcyclopropyl)methyl Cl Cl Br (2,2-dimethylcyclopropyl)methylCl Cl Cl (2,2-dimethylcyclopropyl)methyl Br Br CF₃(2,2-dimethylcyclopropyl)methyl Br Br Br (2,2-dimethylcyclopropyl)methylBr Br Cl (2,2-dimethylcyclopropyl)methyl Me CN Cl(2,2-dichlorocyclopropyl)methyl Cl Cl CF₃(2,2-dichlorocyclopropyl)methyl Cl Cl Br (2,2-dichlorocyclopropyl)methylCl Cl Cl (2,2-dichlorocyclopropyl)methyl Br Br CF₃(2,2-dichlorocyclopropyl)methyl Br Br Br (2,2-dichlorocyclopropyl)methylBr Br Cl (2,2-dichlorocyclopropyl)methyl

TABLE 3

J is selected from the group consisting of

J R^(1a) R^(1b) R⁷ R⁸ J-2 Me Cl 2-Cl-Ph CH₂CF₃ J-2 Me Cl 2-Cl-Ph CHF₂J-2 Me Cl 3-Cl-2-Py CH₂CF₃ J-2 Me Cl 3-Cl-2-Py CHF₂ J-2 Me CN 2-Cl-PhCH₂CF₃ J-2 Me CN 2-Cl-Ph CHF₂ J-2 Me CN 3-Cl-2-Py CH₂CF₃ J-2 Me CN3-Cl-2-Py CHF₂ J-2 Cl Cl 2-Cl-Ph CH₂CF₃ J-2 Cl Cl 2-Cl-Ph CHF₂ J-2 Cl Cl3-Cl-2-Py CH₂CF₃ J-2 Cl Cl 3-Cl-2-Py CHF₂ J-2 Br Br 2-Cl-Ph CH₂CF₃ J-2Br Br 2-Cl-Ph CHF₂ J-2 Br Br 3-Cl-2-Py CH₂CF₃ J-2 Br Br 3-Cl-2-Py CHF₂J-5 Me Cl 2-Cl-Ph CH₂CF₃ J-5 Me Cl 2-Cl-Ph CHF₂ J-5 Me Cl 3-Cl-2-PyCH₂CF₃ J-5 Me Cl 3-Cl-2-Py CHF₂ J-5 Me CN 2-Cl-Ph CH₂CF₃ J-5 Me CN2-Cl-Ph CHF₂ J-5 Me CN 3-Cl-2-Py CH₂CF₃ J-5 Me CN 3-Cl-2-Py CHF₂ J-5 ClCl 2-Cl-Ph CH₂CF₃ J-5 Cl Cl 2-Cl-Ph CHF₂ J-5 Cl Cl 3-Cl-2-Py CH₂CF₃ J-5Cl Cl 3-Cl-2-Py CHF₂ J-5 Br Br 2-Cl-Ph CH₂CF₃ J-5 Br Br 2-Cl-Ph CHF₂ J-5Br Br 3-Cl-2-Py CH₂CF₃ J-5 Br Br 3-Cl-2-Py CHF₂ J-3 Me Cl 2-Cl-Ph CH₂CF₃J-3 Me Cl 2-Cl-Ph CHF₂ J-3 Me Cl 3-Cl-2-Py CH₂CF₃ J-3 Me Cl 3-Cl-2-PyCHF₂ J-3 Me CN 2-Cl-Ph CH₂CF₃ J-3 Me CN 2-Cl-Ph CHF₂ J-3 Me CN 3-Cl-2-PyCH₂CF₃ J-3 Me CN 3-Cl-2-Py CHF₂ J-3 Cl Cl 2-Cl-Ph CH₂CF₃ J-3 Cl Cl2-Cl-Ph CHF₂ J-3 Cl Cl 3-Cl-2-Py CH₂CF₃ J-3 Cl Cl 3-Cl-2-Py CHF₂ J-3 BrBr 2-Cl-Ph CH₂CF₃ J-3 Br Br 2-Cl-Ph CHF₂ J-3 Br Br 3-Cl-2-Py CH₂CF₃ J-3Br Br 3-Cl-2-Py CHF₂ J-6 Me Cl 2-Cl-Ph CH₂CF₃ J-6 Me Cl 2-Cl-Ph CHF₂ J-6Me Cl 3-Cl-2-Py CH₂CF₃ J-6 Me Cl 3-Cl-2-Py CHF₂ J-6 Me CN 2-Cl-Ph CH₂CF₃J-6 Me CN 2-Cl-Ph CHF₂ J-6 Me CN 3-Cl-2-Py CH₂CF₃ J-6 Me CN 3-Cl-2-PyCHF₂ J-6 Cl Cl 2-Cl-Ph CH₂CF₃ J-6 Cl Cl 2-Cl-Ph CHF₂ J-6 Cl Cl 3-Cl-2-PyCH₂CF₃ J-6 Cl Cl 3-Cl-2-Py CHF₂ J-6 Br Br 2-Cl-Ph CH₂CF₃ J-6 Br Br2-Cl-Ph CHF₂ J-6 Br Br 3-Cl-2-Py CH₂CF₃ J-6 Br Br 3-Cl-2-Py CHF₂

TABLE 4

J is selected from the group consisting of

J R^(1a) R^(1b) R⁷ R⁸ J-2 Me Cl 2-Cl-Ph CH₂CF₃ J-2 Me Cl 2-Cl-Ph CHF₂J-2 Me Cl 3-Cl-2-Py CH₂CF₃ J-2 Me Cl 3-Cl-2-Py CHF₂ J-2 Me CN 2-Cl-PhCH₂CF₃ J-2 Me CN 2-Cl-Ph CHF₂ J-2 Me CN 3-Cl-2-Py CH₂CF₃ J-2 Me CN3-Cl-2-Py CHF₂ J-2 Cl Cl 2-Cl-Ph CH₂CF₃ J-2 Cl Cl 2-Cl-Ph CHF₂ J-2 Cl Cl3-Cl-2-Py CH₂CF₃ J-2 Cl Cl 3-Cl-2-Py CHF₂ J-2 Br Br 2-Cl-Ph CH₂CF₃ J-2Br Br 2-Cl-Ph CHF₂ J-2 Br Br 3-Cl-2-Py CH₂CF₃ J-2 Br Br 3-Cl-2-Py CHF₂J-5 Me Cl 2-Cl-Ph CH₂CF₃ J-5 Me Cl 2-Cl-Ph CHF₂ J-5 Me Cl 3-Cl-2-PyCH₂CF₃ J-5 Me Cl 3-Cl-2-Py CHF₂ J-5 Me CN 2-Cl-Ph CH₂CF₃ J-5 Me CN2-Cl-Ph CHF₂ J-5 Me CN 3-Cl-2-Py CH₂CF₃ J-5 Me CN 3-Cl-2-Py CHF₂ J-5 ClCl 2-Cl-Ph CH₂CF₃ J-5 Cl Cl 2-Cl-Ph CHF₂ J-5 Cl Cl 3-Cl-2-Py CH₂CF₃ J-5Cl Cl 3-Cl-2-Py CHF₂ J-5 Br Br 2-Cl-Ph CH₂CF₃ J-5 Br Br 2-Cl-Ph CHF₂ J-5Br Br 3-Cl-2-Py CH₂CF₃ J-5 Br Br 3-Cl-2-Py CHF₂ J-3 Me Cl 2-Cl-Ph CH₂CF₃J-3 Me Cl 2-Cl-Ph CHF₂ J-3 Me Cl 3-Cl-2-Py CH₂CF₃ J-3 Me Cl 3-Cl-2-PyCHF₂ J-3 Me CN 2-Cl-Ph CH₂CF₃ J-3 Me CN 2-Cl-Ph CHF₂ J-3 Me CN 3-Cl-2-PyCH₂CF₃ J-3 Me CN 3-Cl-2-Py CHF₂ J-3 Cl Cl 2-Cl-Ph CH₂CF₃ J-3 Cl Cl2-Cl-Ph CHF₂ J-3 Cl Cl 3-Cl-2-Py CH₂CF₃ J-3 Cl Cl 3-Cl-2-Py CHF₂ J-3 BrBr 2-Cl-Ph CH₂CF₃ J-3 Br Br 2-Cl-Ph CHF₂ J-3 Br Br 3-Cl-2-Py CH₂CF₃ J-3Br Br 3-Cl-2-Py CHF₂ J-6 Me Cl 2-Cl-Ph CH₂CF₃ J-6 Me Cl 2-Cl-Ph CHF₂ J-6Me Cl 3-Cl-2-Py CH₂CF₃ J-6 Me Cl 3-Cl-2-Py CHF₂ J-6 Me CN 2-Cl-Ph CH₂CF₃J-6 Me CN 2-Cl-Ph CHF₂ J-6 Me CN 3-Cl-2-Py CH₂CF₃ J-6 Me CN 3-Cl-2-PyCHF₂ J-6 Cl Cl 2-Cl-Ph CH₂CF₃ J-6 Cl Cl 2-Cl-Ph CHF₂ J-6 Cl Cl 3-Cl-2-PyCH₂CF₃ J-6 Cl Cl 3-Cl-2-Py CHF₂ J-6 Br Br 2-Cl-Ph CH₂CF₃ J-6 Br Br2-Cl-Ph CHF₂ J-6 Br Br 3-Cl-2-Py CH₂CF₃ J-6 Br Br 3-Cl-2-Py CHF₂

TABLE 5

J is selected from the group consisting of

J R^(1a) R^(1b) R⁷ R⁶ J-4 Me Cl 2-Cl-Ph 4-Br J-4 Me Cl 2-Cl-Ph 5-Br J-4Me Cl 3-Cl-2-Py 4-Br J-4 Me Cl 3-Cl-2-Py 5-Br J-4 Me CN 2-Cl-Ph 4-Br J-4Me CN 2-Cl-Ph 5-Br J-4 Me CN 3-Cl-2-Py 4-Br J-4 Me CN 3-Cl-2-Py 5-Br J-4Cl Cl 2-Cl-Ph 4-Br J-4 Cl Cl 2-Cl-Ph 5-Br J-4 Cl Cl 3-Cl-2-Py 4-Br J-4Cl Cl 3-Cl-2-Py 5-Br J-4 Br Br 2-Cl-Ph 4-Br J-4 Br Br 2-Cl-Ph 5-Br J-4Br Br 3-Cl-2-Py 4-Br J-4 Br Br 3-Cl-2-Py 5-Br J-7 Me Cl 2-Cl-Ph CF₃ J-7Me Cl 3-Cl-2-Py CF₃ J-7 Me CN 2-Cl-Ph CF₃ J-7 Me CN 3-Cl-2-Py CF₃ J-7 ClCl 2-Cl-Ph CF₃ J-7 Cl Cl 3-Cl-2-Py CF₃ J-7 Br Br 2-Cl-Ph CF₃ J-7 Br Br3-Cl-2-Py CF₃ J-8 Me Cl 2-Cl-Ph CF₃ J-8 Me Cl 3-Cl-2-Py CF₃ J-8 Me CN2-Cl-Ph CF₃ J-8 Me CN 3-Cl-2-Py CF₃ J-8 Cl Cl 2-Cl-Ph CF₃ J-8 Cl Cl3-Cl-2-Py CF₃ J-8 Br Br 2-Cl-Ph CF₃ J-8 Br Br 3-Cl-2-Py CF₃

TABLE 6

J is selected from the group consisting of

J R^(1a) R^(1b) R⁷ R⁶ J-4 Me Cl 2-Cl-Ph 4-Br J-4 Me Cl 2-Cl-Ph 5-Br J-4Me Cl 3-Cl-2-Py 4-Br J-4 Me Cl 3-Cl-2-Py 5-Br J-4 Me CN 2-Cl-Ph 4-Br J-4Me CN 2-Cl-Ph 5-Br J-4 Me CN 3-Cl-2-Py 4-Br J-4 Me CN 3-Cl-2-Py 5-Br J-4Cl Cl 2-Cl-Ph 4-Br J-4 Cl Cl 2-Cl-Ph 5-Br J-4 Cl Cl 3-Cl-2-Py 4-Br J-4Cl Cl 3-Cl-2-Py 5-Br J-4 Br Br 2-Cl-Ph 4-Br J-4 Br Br 2-Cl-Ph 5-Br J-4Br Br 3-Cl-2-Py 4-Br J-4 Br Br 3-Cl-2-Py 5-Br J-7 Me Cl 2-Cl-Ph CF₃ J-7Me Cl 3-Cl-2-Py CF₃ J-7 Me CN 2-Cl-Ph CF₃ J-7 Me CN 3-Cl-2-Py CF₃ J-7 ClCl 2-Cl-Ph CF₃ J-7 Cl Cl 3-Cl-2-Py CF₃ J-7 Br Br 2-Cl-Ph CF₃ J-7 Br Br3-Cl-2-Py CF₃ J-8 Me Cl 2-Cl-Ph CF₃ J-8 Me Cl 3-Cl-2-Py CF₃ J-8 Me CN2-Cl-Ph CF₃ J-8 Me CN 3-Cl-2-Py CF₃ J-8 Cl Cl 2-Cl-Ph CF₃ J-8 Cl Cl3-Cl-2-Py CF₃ J-8 Br Br 2-Cl-Ph CF₃ J-8 Br Br 3-Cl-2-Py CF₃

TABLE 7

R^(1a) R^(1b) R⁶ X R⁴ Me Cl CF₃ CH oxiranylmethyl Me Cl Br CHoxiranylmethyl Me Cl Cl CH oxiranylmethyl Me Br CF₃ CH oxiranylmethyl MeBr Br CH oxiranylmethyl Me Br Cl CH oxiranylmethyl Me CN CF₃ CHoxiranylmethyl Me CN Br CH oxiranylmethyl Me CN Cl CH oxiranylmethyl ClCl CF₃ CH oxiranylmethyl Cl Cl Br CH oxiranylmethyl Cl Cl Cl CHoxiranylmethyl Br Br CF₃ CH oxiranylmethyl Br Br Br CH oxiranylmethyl BrBr Cl CH oxiranylmethyl Me Cl CF₃ CH 1-oxiranylethyl Me Cl Br CH1-oxiranylethyl Me Cl Cl CH 1-oxiranylethyl Me Br CF₃ CH 1-oxiranylethylMe Br Br CH 1-oxiranylethyl Me Br Cl CH 1-oxiranylethyl Me CN CF₃ CH1-oxiranylethyl Me CN Br CH 1-oxiranylethyl Me CN Cl CH 1-oxiranylethylCl Cl CF₃ CH 1-oxiranylethyl Cl Cl Br CH 1-oxiranylethyl Cl Cl Cl CH1-oxiranylethyl Br Br CF₃ CH 1-oxiranylethyl Br Br Br CH 1-oxiranylethylBr Br Cl CH 1-oxiranylethyl Me Cl CF₃ CH 1-methyl-1-oxiranylethyl Me ClBr CH 1-methyl-1-oxiranylethyl Me Cl Cl CH 1-methyl-1-oxiranylethyl MeBr CF₃ CH 1-methyl-1-oxiranylethyl Me Br Br CH 1-methyl-1-oxiranylethylMe Br Cl CH 1-methyl-1-oxiranylethyl Me CN CF₃ CH1-methyl-1-oxiranylethyl Me CN Br CH 1-methyl-1-oxiranylethyl Me CN ClCH 1-methyl-1-oxiranylethyl Cl Cl CF₃ CH 1-methyl-1-oxiranylethyl Cl ClBr CH 1-methyl-1-oxiranylethyl Cl Cl Cl CH 1-methyl-1-oxiranylethyl BrBr CF₃ CH 1-methyl-1-oxiranylethyl Br Br Br CH 1-methyl-1-oxiranylethylBr Br Cl CH 1-methyl-1-oxiranylethyl Me Cl CF₃ CH (3-oxetanyl)methyl MeCl Br CH (3-oxetanyl)methyl Me Cl Cl CH (3-oxetanyl)methyl Me Br CF₃ CH(3-oxetanyl)methyl Me Br Br CH (3-oxetanyl)methyl Me Br Cl CH(3-oxetanyl)methyl Me CN CF₃ CH (3-oxetanyl)methyl Me CN Br CH(3-oxetanyl)methyl Me CN Cl CH (3-oxetanyl)methyl Cl Cl CF₃ CH(3-oxetanyl)methyl Cl Cl Br CH (3-oxetanyl)methyl Cl Cl Cl CH(3-oxetanyl)methyl Br Br CF₃ CH (3-oxetanyl)methyl Br Br Br CH(3-oxetanyl)methyl Br Br Cl CH (3-oxetanyl)methyl Me Cl CF₃ CH1-(3-oxetanyl)ethyl Me Cl Br CH 1-(3-oxetanyl)ethyl Me Cl Cl CH1-(3-oxetanyl)ethyl Me Br CF₃ CH 1-(3-oxetanyl)ethyl Me Br Br CH1-(3-oxetanyl)ethyl Me Br Cl CH 1-(3-oxetanyl)ethyl Me CN CF₃ CH1-(3-oxetanyl)ethyl Me CN Br CH 1-(3-oxetanyl)ethyl Me CN Cl CH1-(3-oxetanyl)ethyl Cl Cl CF₃ CH 1-(3-oxetanyl)ethyl Cl Cl Br CH1-(3-oxetanyl)ethyl Cl Cl Cl CH 1-(3-oxetanyl)ethyl Br Br CF₃ CH1-(3-oxetanyl)ethyl Br Br Br CH 1-(3-oxetanyl)ethyl Br Br Cl CH1-(3-oxetanyl)ethyl Me Cl CF₃ CH 1-methyl-1-(3-oxetanyl)ethyl Me Cl BrCH 1-methyl-1-(3-oxetanyl)ethyl Me Cl Cl CH 1-methyl-1-(3-oxetanyl)ethylMe Br CF₃ CH 1-methyl-1-(3-oxetanyl)ethyl Me Br Br CH1-methyl-1-(3-oxetanyl)ethyl Me Br Cl CH 1-methyl-1-(3-oxetanyl)ethyl MeCN CF₃ CH 1-methyl-1-(3-oxetanyl)ethyl Me CN Br CH1-methyl-1-(3-oxetanyl)ethyl Me CN Cl CH 1-methyl-1-(3-oxetanyl)ethyl ClCl CF₃ CH 1-methyl-1-(3-oxetanyl)ethyl Cl Cl Br CH1-methyl-1-(3-oxetanyl)ethyl Cl Cl Cl CH 1-methyl-1-(3-oxetanyl)ethyl BrBr CF₃ CH 1-methyl-1-(3-oxetanyl)ethyl Br Br Br CH1-methyl-1-(3-oxetanyl)ethyl Br Br Cl CH 1-methyl-1-(3-oxetanyl)ethyl MeCl CF₃ CH (2-oxetanyl)methyl Me Cl Br CH (2-oxetanyl)methyl Me Cl Cl CH(2-oxetanyl)methyl Me Br CF₃ CH (2-oxetanyl)methyl Me Br Br CH(2-oxetanyl)methyl Me Br Cl CH (2-oxetanyl)methyl Me CN CF₃ CH(2-oxetanyl)methyl Me CN Br CH (2-oxetanyl)methyl Me CN Cl CH(2-oxetanyl)methyl Cl Cl CF₃ CH (2-oxetanyl)methyl Cl Cl Br CH(2-oxetanyl)methyl Cl Cl Cl CH (2-oxetanyl)methyl Br Br CF₃ CH(2-oxetanyl)methyl Br Br Br CH (2-oxetanyl)methyl Br Br Cl CH(2-oxetanyl)methyl Me Cl CF₃ CH 1-(2-oxetanyl)ethyl Me Cl Br CH1-(2-oxetanyl)ethyl Me Cl Cl CH 1-(2-oxetanyl)ethyl Me Br CF₃ CH1-(2-oxetanyl)ethyl Me Br Br CH 1-(2-oxetanyl)ethyl Me Br Cl CH1-(2-oxetanyl)ethyl Me CN CF₃ CH 1-(2-oxetanyl)ethyl Me CN Br CH1-(2-oxetanyl)ethyl Me CN Cl CH 1-(2-oxetanyl)ethyl Cl Cl CF₃ CH1-(2-oxetanyl)ethyl Cl Cl Br CH 1-(2-oxetanyl)ethyl Cl Cl Cl CH1-(2-oxetanyl)ethyl Br Br CF₃ CH 1-(2-oxetanyl)ethyl Br Br Br CH1-(2-oxetanyl)ethyl Br Br Cl CH 1-(2-oxetanyl)ethyl Me Cl CF₃ CH1-methyl-1-(2-oxetanyl)ethyl Me Cl Br CH 1-methyl-1-(2-oxetanyl)ethyl MeCl Cl CH 1-methyl-1-(2-oxetanyl)ethyl Me Br CF₃ CH1-methyl-1-(2-oxetanyl)ethyl Me Br Br CH 1-methyl-1-(2-oxetanyl)ethyl MeBr Cl CH 1-methyl-1-(2-oxetanyl)ethyl Me CN CF₃ CH1-methyl-1-(2-oxetanyl)ethyl Me CN Br CH 1-methyl-1-(2-oxetanyl)ethyl MeCN Cl CH 1-methyl-1-(2-oxetanyl)ethyl Cl Cl CF₃ CH1-methyl--(2-oxetanyl)ethyl Cl Cl Br CH 1-methyl-1-(2-oxetanyl)ethyl ClCl Cl CH 1-methyl-1-(2-oxetanyl)ethyl Br Br CF₃ CH1-methyl-1-(2-oxetanyl)ethyl Br Br Br CH 1-methyl-1-(2-oxetanyl)ethyl BrBr Cl CH 1-methyl-1-(2-oxetanyl)ethyl Me Cl CF₃ CH 3-oxetanyl Me Cl BrCH 3-oxetanyl Me Cl Cl CH 3-oxetanyl Me Br CF₃ CH 3-oxetanyl Me Br Br CH3-oxetanyl Me Br Cl CH 3-oxetanyl Me CN CF₃ CH 3-oxetanyl Me CN Br CH3-oxetanyl Me CN Cl CH 3-oxetanyl Cl Cl CF₃ CH 3-oxetanyl Cl Cl Br CH3-oxetanyl Cl Cl Cl CH 3-oxetanyl Br Br CF₃ CH 3-oxetanyl Br Br Br CH3-oxetanyl Br Br Cl CH 3-oxetanyl Me Cl CF₃ CH 3-(3-methyloxetanyl) MeCl Br CH 3-(3-methyloxetanyl) Me Cl Cl CH 3-(3-methyloxetanyl) Me Br CF₃CH 3-(3-methyloxetanyl) Me Br Br CH 3-(3-methyloxetanyl) Me Br Cl CH3-(3-methyloxetanyl) Me CN CF₃ CH 3-(3-methyloxetanyl) Me CN Br CH3-(3-methyloxetanyl) Me CN Cl CH 3-(3-methyloxetanyl) Cl Cl CF₃ CH3-(3-methyloxetanyl) Cl Cl Br CH 3-(3-methyloxetanyl) Cl Cl Cl CH3-(3-methyloxetanyl) Br Br CF₃ CH 3-(3-methyloxetanyl) Br Br Br CH3-(3-methyloxetanyl) Br Br Cl CH 3-(3-methyloxetanyl) Me Cl CF₃ Noxiranylmethyl Me Cl Br N oxiranylmethyl Me Cl Cl N oxiranylmethyl Me BrCF₃ N oxiranylmethyl Me Br Br N oxiranylmethyl Me Br Cl N oxiranylmethylMe CN CF₃ N oxiranylmethyl Me CN Br N oxiranylmethyl Me CN Cl Noxiranylmethyl Cl Cl CF₃ N oxiranylmethyl Cl Cl Br N oxiranylmethyl ClCl Cl N oxiranylmethyl Br Br CF₃ N oxiranylmethyl Br Br Br Noxiranylmethyl Br Br Cl N oxiranylmethyl Me Cl CF₃ N 1-oxiranylethyl MeCl Br N 1-oxiranylethyl Me Cl Cl N 1-oxiranylethyl Me Br CF₃ N1-oxiranylethyl Me Br Br N 1-oxiranylethyl Me Br Cl N 1-oxiranylethyl MeCN CF₃ N 1-oxiranylethyl Me CN Br N 1-oxiranylethyl Me CN Cl N1-oxiranylethyl Cl Cl CF₃ N 1-oxiranylethyl Cl Cl Br N 1-oxiranylethylCl Cl Cl N 1-oxiranylethyl Br Br CF₃ N 1-oxiranylethyl Br Br Br N1-oxiranylethyl Br Br Cl N 1-oxiranylethyl Me Cl CF₃ N1-methyl-1-oxiranylethyl Me Cl Br N 1-methyl-1-oxiranylethyl Me Cl Cl N1-methyl-1-oxiranylethyl Me Br CF₃ N 1-methyl-1-oxiranylethyl Me Br Br N1-methyl-1-oxiranylethyl Me Br Cl N 1-methyl-1-oxiranylethyl Me CN CF₃ N1-methyl-1-oxiranylethyl Me CN Br N 1-methyl-1-oxiranylethyl Me CN Cl N1-methyl-1-oxiranylethyl Cl Cl CF₃ N 1-methyl-1-oxiranylethyl Cl Cl Br N1-methyl-1-oxiranylethyl Cl Cl Cl N 1-methyl-1-oxiranylethyl Br Br CF₃ N1-methyl-1-oxiranylethyl Br Br Br N 1-methyl-1-oxiranylethyl Br Br Cl N1-methyl-1-oxiranylethyl Me Cl CF₃ N (3-oxetanyl)methyl Me Cl Br N(3-oxetanyl)methyl Me Cl Cl N (3-oxetanyl)methyl Me Br CF₃ N(3-oxetanyl)methyl Me Br Br N (3-oxetanyl)methyl Me Br Cl N(3-oxetanyl)methyl Me CN CF₃ N (3-oxetanyl)methyl Me CN Br N(3-oxetanyl)methyl Me CN Cl N (3-oxetanyl)methyl Cl Cl CF₃ N(3-oxetanyl)methyl Cl Cl Br N (3-oxetanyl)methyl Cl Cl Cl N(3-oxetanyl)methyl Br Br CF₃ N (3-oxetanyl)methyl Br Br Br N(3-oxetanyl)methyl Br Br Cl N (3-oxetanyl)methyl Me Cl CF₃ N1-(3-oxetanyl)ethyl Me Cl Br N 1-(3-oxetanyl)ethyl Me Cl Cl N1-(3-oxetanyl)ethyl Me Br CF₃ N 1-(3-oxetanyl)ethyl Me Br Br N1-(3-oxetanyl)ethyl Me Br Cl N 1-(3-oxetanyl)ethyl Me CN CF₃ N1-(3-oxetanyl)ethyl Me CN Br N 1-(3-oxetanyl)ethyl Me CN Cl N1-(3-oxetanyl)ethyl Cl Cl CF₃ N 1-(3-oxetanyl)ethyl Cl Cl Br N1-(3-oxetanyl)ethyl Cl Cl Cl N 1-(3-oxetanyl)ethyl Br Br CF₃ N1-(3-oxetanyl)ethyl Br Br Br N 1-(3-oxetanyl)ethyl Br Br Cl N1-(3-oxetanyl)ethyl Me Cl CF₃ N 1-methyl-1-(3-oxetanyl)ethyl Me Cl Br N1-methyl-1-(3-oxetanyl)ethyl Me Cl Cl N 1-methyl-1-(3-oxetanyl)ethyl MeBr CF₃ N 1-methyl-1-(3-oxetanyl)ethyl Me Br Br N1-methyl-1-(3-oxetanyl)ethyl Me Br Cl N 1-methyl-1-(3-oxetanyl)ethyl MeCN CF₃ N 1-methyl-1-(3-oxetanyl)ethyl Me CN Br N1-methyl-1-(3-oxetanyl)ethyl Me CN Cl N 1-methyl-1-(3-oxetanyl)ethyl ClCl CF₃ N 1-methyl-1-(3-oxetanyl)ethyl Cl Cl Br N1-methyl-1-(3-oxetanyl)ethyl Cl Cl Cl N 1-methyl-1-(3-oxetanyl)ethyl BrBr CF₃ N 1-methyl-1-(3-oxetanyl)ethyl Br Br Br N1-methyl-1-(3-oxetanyl)ethyl Br Br Cl N 1-methyl-1-(3-oxetanyl)ethyl MeCl CF₃ N (2-oxetanyl)methyl Me Cl Br N (2-oxetanyl)methyl Me Cl Cl N(2-oxetanyl)methyl Me Br CF₃ N (2-oxetanyl)methyl Me Br Br N(2-oxetanyl)methyl Me Br Cl N (2-oxetanyl)methyl Me CN CF₃ N(2-oxetanyl)methyl Me CN Br N (2-oxetanyl)methyl Me CN Cl N(2-oxetanyl)methyl Cl Cl CF₃ N (2-oxetanyl)methyl Cl Cl Br N(2-oxetanyl)methyl Cl Cl Cl N (2-oxetanyl)methyl Br Br CF₃ N(2-oxetanyl)methyl Br Br Br N (2-oxetanyl)methyl Br Br Cl N(2-oxetanyl)methyl Me Cl CF₃ N 1-(2-oxetanyl)ethyl Me Cl Br N1-(2-oxetanyl)ethyl Me Cl Cl N 1-(2-oxetanyl)ethyl Me Br CF₃ N1-(2-oxetanyl)ethyl Me Br Br N 1-(2-oxetanyl)ethyl Me Br Cl N1-(2-oxetanyl)ethyl Me CN CF₃ N 1-(2-oxetanyl)ethyl Me CN Br N1-(2-oxetanyl)ethyl Me CN Cl N 1-(2-oxetanyl)ethyl Cl Cl CF₃ N1-(2-oxetanyl)ethyl Cl Cl Br N 1-(2-oxetanyl)ethyl Cl Cl Cl N1-(2-oxetanyl)ethyl Br Br CF₃ N 1-(2-oxetanyl)ethyl Br Br Br N1-(2-oxetanyl)ethyl Br Br Cl N 1-(2-oxetanyl)ethyl Me Cl CF₃ N1-methyl-1-(2-oxetanyl)ethyl Me Cl Br N 1-methyl-1-(2-oxetanyl)ethyl MeCl Cl N 1-methyl-1-(2-oxetanyl)ethyl Me Br CF₃ N1-methyl-1-(2-oxetanyl)ethyl Me Br Br N 1-methyl-1-(2-oxetanyl)ethyl MeBr Cl N 1-methyl-1-(2-oxetanyl)ethyl Me CN CF₃ N1-methyl-1-(2-oxetanyl)ethyl Me CN Br N 1-methyl-1-(2-oxetanyl)ethyl MeCN Cl N 1-methyl-1-(2-oxetanyl)ethyl Cl Cl CF₃ N1-methyl-1-(2-oxetanyl)ethyl Cl Cl Br N 1-methyl-1-(2-oxetanyl)ethyl ClCl Cl N 1-methyl-1-(2-oxetanyl)ethyl Br Br CF₃ N1-methyl-1-(2-oxetanyl)ethyl Br Br Br N 1-methyl-1-(2-oxetanyl)ethyl BrBr Cl N 1-methyl-1-(2-oxetanyl)ethyl Me Cl CF₃ N 3-oxetanyl Me Cl Br N3-oxetanyl Me Cl Cl N 3-oxetanyl Me Br CF₃ N 3-oxetanyl Me Br Br N3-oxetanyl Me Br Cl N 3-oxetanyl Me CN CF₃ N 3-oxetanyl Me CN Br N3-oxetanyl Me CN Cl N 3-oxetanyl Cl Cl CF₃ N 3-oxetanyl Cl Cl Br N3-oxetanyl Cl Cl Cl N 3-oxetanyl Br Br CF₃ N 3-oxetanyl Br Br Br N3-oxetanyl Br Br Cl N 3-oxetanyl Me Cl CF₃ N 3-(3-methyloxetanyl) Me ClBr N 3-(3-methyloxetanyl) Me Cl Cl N 3-(3-methyloxetanyl) Me Br CF₃ N3-(3-methyloxetanyl) Me Br Br N 3-(3-methyloxetanyl) Me Br Cl N3-(3-methyloxetanyl) Me CN CF₃ N 3-(3-methyloxetanyl) Me CN Br N3-(3-methyloxetanyl) Me CN Cl N 3-(3-methyloxetanyl) Cl Cl CF₃ N3-(3-methyloxetanyl) Cl Cl Br N 3-(3-methyloxetanyl) Cl Cl Cl N3-(3-methyloxetanyl) Br Br CF₃ N 3-(3-methyloxetanyl) Br Br Br N3-(3-methyloxetanyl) Br Br Cl N 3-(3-methyloxetanyl)

TABLE 8

J is selected from the group consisting of

J R^(1a) R^(1b) R⁷ R⁸ J-2 Me Cl 2-Cl-Ph CH₂CF₃ J-2 Me Cl 2-Cl-Ph CHF₂J-2 Me Cl 3-Cl-2-Py CH₂CF₃ J-2 Me Cl 3-Cl-2-Py CHF₂ J-2 Me CN 2-Cl-PhCH₂CF₃ J-2 Me CN 2-Cl-Ph CHF₂ J-2 Me CN 3-Cl-2-Py CH₂CF₃ J-2 Me CN3-Cl-2-Py CHF₂ J-2 Cl Cl 2-Cl-Ph CH₂CF₃ J-2 Cl Cl 2-Cl-Ph CHF₂ J-2 Cl Cl3-Cl-2-Py CH₂CF₃ J-2 Cl Cl 3-Cl-2-Py CHF₂ J-2 Br Br 2-Cl-Ph CH₂CF₃ J-2Br Br 2-Cl-Ph CHF₂ J-2 Br Br 3-Cl-2-Py CH₂CF₃ J-2 Br Br 3-Cl-2-Py CHF₂J-5 Me Cl 2-Cl-Ph CH₂CF₃ J-5 Me Cl 2-Cl-Ph CHF₂ J-5 Me Cl 3-Cl-2-PyCH₂CF₃ J-5 Me Cl 3-Cl-2-Py CHF₂ J-5 Me CN 2-Cl-Ph CH₂CF₃ J-5 Me CN2-Cl-Ph CHF₂ J-5 Me CN 3-Cl-2-Py CH₂CF₃ J-5 Me CN 3-Cl-2-Py CHF₂ J-5 ClCl 2-Cl-Ph CH₂CF₃ J-5 Cl Cl 2-Cl-Ph CHF₂ J-5 Cl Cl 3-Cl-2-Py CH₂CF₃ J-5Cl Cl 3-Cl-2-Py CHF₂ J-5 Br Br 2-Cl-Ph CH₂CF₃ J-5 Br Br 2-Cl-Ph CHF₂ J-5Br Br 3-Cl-2-Py CH₂CF₃ J-5 Br Br 3-Cl-2-Py CHF₂ J-3 Me Cl 2-Cl-Ph CH₂CF₃J-3 Me Cl 2-Cl-Ph CHF₂ J-3 Me Cl 3-Cl-2-Py CH₂CF₃ J-3 Me Cl 3-Cl-2-PyCHF₂ J-3 Me CN 2-Cl-Ph CH₂CF₃ J-3 Me CN 2-Cl-Ph CHF₂ J-3 Me CN 3-Cl-2-PyCH₂CF₃ J-3 Me CN 3-Cl-2-Py CHF₂ J-3 Cl Cl 2-Cl-Ph CH₂CF₃ J-3 Cl Cl2-Cl-Ph CHF₂ J-3 Cl Cl 3-Cl-2-Py CH₂CF₃ J-3 Cl Cl 3-Cl-2-Py CHF₂ J-3 BrBr 2-Cl-Ph CH₂CF₃ J-3 Br Br 2-Cl-Ph CHF₂ J-3 Br Br 3-Cl-2-Py CH₂CF₃ J-3Br Br 3-Cl-2-Py CHF₂ J-6 Me Cl 2-Cl-Ph CH₂CF₃ J-6 Me Cl 2-Cl-Ph CHF₂ J-6Me Cl 3-Cl-2-Py CH₂CF₃ J-6 Me Cl 3-Cl-2-Py CHF₂ J-6 Me CN 2-Cl-Ph CH₂CF₃J-6 Me CN 2-Cl-Ph CHF₂ J-6 Me CN 3-Cl-2-Py CH₂CF₃ J-6 Me CN 3-Cl-2-PyCHF₂ J-6 Cl Cl 2-Cl-Ph CH₂CF₃ J-6 Cl Cl 2-Cl-Ph CHF₂ J-6 Cl Cl 3-Cl-2-PyCH₂CF₃ J-6 Cl Cl 3-Cl-2-Py CHF₂ J-6 Br Br 2-Cl-Ph CH₂CF₃ J-6 Br Br2-Cl-Ph CHF₂ J-6 Br Br 3-Cl-2-Py CH₂CF₃ J-6 Br Br 3-Cl-2-Py CHF₂

TABLE 9

J is selected from the group consisting of

J R^(1a) R^(1b) R⁷ R⁶ J-4 Me Cl 2-Cl-Ph 4-Br J-4 Me Cl 2-Cl-Ph 5-Br J-4Me Cl 3-Cl-2-Py 4-Br J-4 Me Cl 3-Cl-2-Py 5-Br J-4 Me CN 2-Cl-Ph 4-Br J-4Me CN 2-Cl-Ph 5-Br J-4 Me CN 3-Cl-2-Py 4-Br J-4 Me CN 3-Cl-2-Py 5-Br J-4Cl Cl 2-Cl-Ph 4-Br J-4 Cl Cl 2-Cl-Ph 5-Br J-4 Cl Cl 3-Cl-2-Py 4-Br J-4Cl Cl 3-Cl-2-Py 5-Br J-4 Br Br 2-Cl-Ph 4-Br J-4 Br Br 2-Cl-Ph 5-Br J-4Br Br 3-Cl-2-Py 4-Br J-4 Br Br 3-Cl-2-Py 5-Br J-7 Me Cl 2-Cl-Ph CF₃ J-7Me Cl 3-Cl-2-Py CF₃ J-7 Me CN 2-Cl-Ph CF₃ J-7 Me CN 3-Cl-2-Py CF₃ J-7 ClCl 2-Cl-Ph CF₃ J-7 Cl Cl 3-Cl-2-Py CF₃ J-7 Br Br 2-Cl-Ph CF₃ J-7 Br Br3-Cl-2-Py CF₃ J-8 Me Cl 2-Cl-Ph CF₃ J-8 Me Cl 3-Cl-2-Py CF₃ J-8 Me CN2-Cl-Ph CF₃ J-8 Me CN 3-Cl-2-Py CF₃ J-8 Cl Cl 2-Cl-Ph CF₃ J-8 Cl Cl3-Cl-2-Py CF₃ J-8 Br Br 2-Cl-Ph CF₃ J-8 Br Br 3-Cl-2-Py CF₃

Table 10 lists particular amides of Formula 10, which according to themethods of Schemes 6 and 7 are useful as intermediates for preparingcompounds of Formulae 1 and 1a.

TABLE 10

R^(1a) R^(1b) R⁴ (m.p. ° C.) Me Cl 1-methylcyclopropyl Me Br1-methylcyclopropyl Me CN 1-methylcyclopropyl Cl Cl 1-methylcyclopropylBr Br 1-methylcyclopropyl Me Cl 2-methylcyclopropyl Me Br2-methylcyclopropyl Me CN 2-methylcyclopropyl Cl Cl 2-methylcyclopropylBr Br 2-methylcyclopropyl Me Cl cyclopropylmethyl (127-128) Me Brcyclopropylmethyl Me CN cyclopropylmethyl (113-114) Cl Clcyclopropylmethyl Br Br cyclopropylmethyl Me Cl1-cyclopropyl-(1-methyl)ethyl Me Br 1-cyclopropyl-(1-methyl)ethyl Me CN1-cyclopropyl-(1-methyl)ethyl Cl Cl 1-cyclopropyl-(1-methyl)ethyl Br Br1-cyclopropyl-(1-methyl)ethyl Me Cl (2,2-dichlorocyclopropyl)methyl MeBr (2,2-dichlorocyclopropyl)methyl Me CN (2,2-dichlorocyclopropyl)methylCl Cl (2,2-dichlorocyclopropyl)methyl Br Br(2,2-dichlorocyclopropyl)methyl Me Cl 1-oxiranylethyl Me Br1-oxiranylethyl Me CN 1-oxiranylethyl Cl Cl 1-oxiranylethyl Br Br1-oxiranylethyl Me Cl (3-oxetanyl)methyl Me Br (3-oxetanyl)methyl Me CN(3-oxetanyl)methyl Cl Cl (3-oxetanyl)methyl Br Br (3-oxetanyl)methyl MeCl 1-methyl-1-(3-oxetanyl)ethyl Me Br 1-methyl-1-(3-oxetanyl)ethyl Me CN1-methyl-1-(3-oxetanyl)ethyl Cl Cl 1-methyl-1-(3-oxetanyl)ethyl Br Br1-methyl-1-(3-oxetanyl)ethyl Me Cl 1-(2-oxetanyl)ethyl Me Br1-(2-oxetanyl)ethyl Me CN 1-(2-oxetanyl)ethyl Cl Cl 1-(2-oxetanyl)ethylBr Br 1-(2-oxetanyl)ethyl Me Cl 3-oxetanyl Me Br 3-oxetanyl Me CN3-oxetanyl Cl Cl 3-oxetanyl Br Br 3-oxetanyl Me Cl 1-methylcyclobutyl MeBr 1-methylcyclobutyl Me CN 1-methylcyclobutyl Cl Cl 1-methylcyclobutylBr Br 1-methylcyclobutyl Me Cl 2,2-dimethylcyclopropyl Me Br2,2-dimethylcyclopropyl Me CN 2,2-dimethylcyclopropyl Cl Cl2,2-dimethylcyclopropyl Br Br 2,2-dimethylcyclopropyl Me Cl1-cyclopropylethyl (143-144) Me Br 1-cyclopropylethyl Me CN1-cyclopropylethyl (135-136) Cl Cl 1-cyclopropylethyl Br Br1-cyclopropylethyl Me Cl (2,2-dimethylcyclopropyl)methyl Me Br(2,2-dimethylcyclopropyl)methyl Me CN (2,2-dimethylcyclopropyl)methyl ClCl (2,2-dimethylcyclopropyl)methyl Br Br (2,2-dimethylcyclopropyl)methylMe Cl oxiranylmethyl Me Br oxiranylmethyl Me CN oxiranylmethyl Cl Cloxiranylmethyl Br Br oxiranylmethyl Me Cl 1-methyl-1-oxiranylethyl Me Br1-methyl-1-oxiranylethyl Me CN 1-methyl-1-oxiranylethyl Cl Cl1-methyl-1-oxiranylethyl Br Br 1-methyl-1-oxiranylethyl Me Cl1-(3-oxetanyl)ethyl Me Br 1-(3-oxetanyl)ethyl Me CN 1-(3-oxetanyl)ethylCl Cl 1-(3-oxetanyl)ethyl Br Br 1-(3-oxetanyl)ethyl Me Cl(2-oxetanyl)methyl Me Br (2-oxetanyl)methyl Me CN (2-oxetanyl)methyl ClCl (2-oxetanyl)methyl Br Br (2-oxetanyl)methyl Me Cl1-methyl-1-(2-oxetanyl)ethyl Me Br 1-methyl-1-(2-oxetanyl)ethyl Me CN1-methyl-1-(2-oxetanyl)ethyl Cl Cl 1-methyl-1-(2-oxetanyl)ethyl Br Br1-methyl-1-(2-oxetanyl)ethyl Me Cl 3-(3-methyloxetanyl) Me Br3-(3-methyloxetanyl) Me CN 3-(3-methyloxetanyl) Cl Cl3-(3-methyloxetanyl) Br Br 3-(3-methyloxetanyl)

Formulation/Utility

Compounds of this invention can generally be used as a formulation or acomposition with a carrier suitable for agronomic or nonagronomic usescomprising at least one of a liquid diluent, a solid diluent or asurfactant. The formulation or composition ingredients are selected tobe consistent with the physical properties of the active ingredient,mode of application and environmental factors such as soil type,moisture and temperature. Useful formulations include liquids such assolutions (including emulsifiable concentrates), suspensions, emulsions(including microemulsions and/or suspoemulsions) and the like whichoptionally can be thickened into gels. Useful formulations furtherinclude solids such as dusts, powders, granules, pellets, tablets, films(including seed treatment), and the like which can be water-dispersible(“wettable”) or water-soluble. Active ingredient can be(micro)encapsulated and further formed into a suspension or solidformulation; alternatively the entire formulation of active ingredientcan be encapsulated (or “overcoated”). Encapsulation can control ordelay release of the active ingredient. Compositions of this inventioncan also optionally comprise plant nutrients, e.g., a fertilizercomposition comprising at least one plant nutrient selected fromnitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, sulfur, calcium, magnesium, iron,copper, boron, manganese, zinc, and molybdenum. Of note are compositionscomprising at least one fertilizer composition comprising at least oneplant nutrient selected from nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, sulfur,calcium and magnesium. Compositions of the present invention whichfurther comprise at least one plant nutrient can be in the form ofliquids or solids. Of note are solid formulations in the form ofgranules, small sticks or tablets. Solid formulations comprising afertilizer composition can be prepared by mixing the compound orcomposition of the present invention with the fertilizer compositiontogether with formulating ingredients and then preparing the formulationby methods such as granulation or extrusion. Alternatively solidformulations can be prepared by spraying a solution or suspension of acompound or composition of the present invention in a volatile solventonto a previously prepared fertilizer composition in the form ofdimensionally stable mixtures, e.g., granules, small sticks or tablets,and then evaporating the solvent. Sprayable formulations can be extendedin suitable media and used at spray volumes from about one to severalhundred liters per hectare. High-strength compositions can be primarilyused as intermediates for further formulation.

The formulations will typically contain effective amounts of activeingredient, diluent and surfactant within the following approximateranges which add up to 100 percent by weight.

Weight Percent Active Ingredient Diluent Surfactant Water-Dispersibleand 0.001-90       0-99.999 0-15 Water-soluble Granules, Tablets andPowders. Suspensions, Emulsions, 1-50 40-99 0-50 Solutions (includingEmulsifiable Concentrates) Dusts 1-25 70-99 0-5  Granules and Pellets0.001-99       5-99.999 0-15 High Strength 90-99   0-10 0-2 Compositions

Typical solid diluents are described in Watkins, et al., Handbook ofInsecticide Dust Diluents and Carriers, 2nd Ed., Dorland Books,Caldwell, N.J. Typical liquid diluents are described in Marsden,Solvents Guide, 2nd Ed., Interscience, New York, 1950. McCutcheon'sDetergents and Emulsifiers Annual, Allured Publ. Corp., Ridgewood, N.J.,as well as Sisely and Wood, Encyclopedia of Surface Active Agents,Chemical Publ. Co., Inc., New York, 1964, list surfactants andrecommended uses. All formulations can contain minor amounts ofadditives to reduce foam, caking, corrosion, microbiological growth andthe like, or thickeners to increase viscosity.

Surfactants include, for example, polyethoxylated alcohols,polyethoxylated alkylphenols, polyethoxylated sorbitan fatty acidesters, dialkyl sulfosuccinates, alkyl sulfates, alkylbenzenesulfonates, organosilicones, N,N-dialkyltaurates, lignin sulfonates,naphthalene sulfonate formaldehyde condensates, polycarboxylates,glycerol esters, poly-oxyethylene/polyoxypropylene block copolymers, andalkylpolyglycosides where the number of glucose units, referred to asdegree of polymerization (D.P.), can range from 1 to 3 and the alkylunits can range from C₆-C₁₄ (see Pure and Applied Chemistry 72,1255-1264). Solid diluents include, for example, clays such asbentonite, montmorillonite, attapulgite and kaolin, starch, sugar,silica, talc, diatomaceous earth, urea, calcium carbonate, sodiumcarbonate and bicarbonate, and sodium sulfate. Liquid diluents include,for example, water, N,N-dimethylformamide, dimethyl sulfoxide.N-alkylpyrrolidone, ethylene glycol, polypropylene glycol, paraffins,alkylbenzenes, alkylnaphthalenes, glycerine, triacetine, oils of olive,castor, linseed, tung, sesame, corn, peanut, cotton-seed, soybean,rape-seed and coconut, fatty acid esters, ketones such as cyclohexanone,2-heptanone, isophorone and 4-hydroxy-4-methyl-2-pentanone, acetates andalcohols such as methanol, cyclohexanol, decanol and tetrahydrofurfurylalcohol.

Useful formulations of this invention can also contain materials knownas formulation aids including antifoams, film formers and dyes and arewell known to those skilled in the art.

Antifoams can include water dispersible liquids comprisingpolyorganosiloxanes such as Rhodorsil® 416. The film formers can includepolyvinyl acetates, polyvinyl acetate copolymers,polyvinylpyrrolidone-vinyl acetate copolymer, polyvinyl alcohols,polyvinyl alcohol copolymers and waxes. Dyes can include waterdispersible liquid colorant compositions such as Pro-lzed® Colorant Red.One skilled in the art will appreciate that this is a non-exhaustivelist of formulation aids. Suitable examples of formulation aids includethose listed herein and those listed in McCutcheon's 2001, Volume 2:Functional Materials, published by MC Publishing Company and PCTPublication WO 03/024222.

Solutions, including emulsifiable concentrates, can be prepared bysimply mixing the ingredients. Dusts and powders can be prepared byblending and, usually, grinding as in a hammer mill or fluid-energymill. Suspensions are usually prepared by wet-milling; see, for example,U.S. Pat. No. 3,060,084. Granules and pellets can be prepared byspraying the active material upon preformed granular carriers or byagglomeration techniques. See Browning, “Agglomeration”, ChemicalEngineering, Dec. 4, 1967, pp 147-48, Perry's Chemical Engineer'sHandbook, 4th Ed., McGraw-Hill, New York, 1963, pages 8-57 andfollowing, and WO 91/13546. Pellets can be prepared as described in U.S.Pat. No. 4,172,714. Water-dispersible and water-soluble granules can beprepared as taught in U.S. Pat. No. 4,144,050, U.S. Pat. No. 3,920,442and DE 3,246,493. Tablets can be prepared as taught in U.S. Pat. No.5,180,587, U.S. Pat. No. 5,232,701 and U.S. Pat. No. 5,208,030. Filmscan be prepared as taught in GB 2,095,558 and U.S. Pat. No. 3,299,566.

For further information regarding the art of formulation, see T. S.Woods, “The Formulator's Toolbox—Product Forms for Modern Agriculture”in Pesticide Chemistry and Bioscience, The Food-Environment Challenge,T. Brooks and T. R. Roberts, Eds., Proceedings of the 9th InternationalCongress on Pesticide Chemistry, The Royal Society of Chemistry,Cambridge, 1999, pp. 120-133. See also U.S. Pat. No. 3,235,361, Col. 6,line 16 through Col. 7, line 19 and Examples 1041; U.S. Pat. No.3,309,192, Col. 5, line 43 through Col. 7, line 62 and Examples 8, 12,15, 39, 41, 52, 53, 58, 132, 138-140, 162-164, 166, 167 and 169-182;U.S. Pat. No. 2,891,855, Col. 3, line 66 through Col. 5, line 17 andExamples 14; Klingman, Weed Control as a Science, John Wiley and Sons,Inc., New York, 1961, pp 81-96; Hance et al., Weed Control Handbook, 8thEd., Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford, 1989; and Developmentsin formulation technology, PJB Publications, Richmond, UK, 2000.

In the following Examples, all percentages are by weight and allformulations are prepared in conventional ways. Compound numbers referto compounds in Index Table A. Without further elaboration, it isbelieved that one skilled in the art using the preceding description canutilize the present invention to its fullest extent. The followingExamples are, therefore, to be constructed as merely illustrative, andnot limiting of the disclosure in any way whatsoever. Percentages are byweight except where otherwise indicated.

EXAMPLE A

Compound 1 65.0% dodecylphenol polyethylene glycol ether 2.0% sodiumligninsulfonate 4.0% sodium silicoaluminate 6.0% montmorillonite(calcined) 23.0%

Wettable Power EXAMPLE B

Compound 2 10.0% attapulgite granules (low volatile matter, 0.71/0.30mm; 90.0% U.S.S. No. 25-50 sieves)

Granule EXAMPLE C Extruded Pellet

Compound 5 25.0% anhydrous sodium sulfate 10.0% crude calciumligninsulfonate 5.0% sodium alkylnaphthalenesulfonate 1.0%calcium/magnesium bentonite 59.0%

EXAMPLE D Emulsifiable Concentrate

Compound 9 20.0% blend of oil soluble sulfonates and polyoxyethyleneethers 10.0% isophorone 70.0%

EXAMPLE E Microemulsion

Compound 30 5.0% polyvinylpyrrolidone-vinyl acetate copolymer 30.0%alkylpolyglycoside 30.0% glyceryl monooleate 15.0% water 20.0%

EXAMPLE F Seed Treatment

Compound 31 20.00% polyvinylpyrrolidone-vinyl acetate copolymer 5.00%montan acid wax 5.00% calcium ligninsulfonate 1.00%polyoxyethylene/polyoxypropylene block copolymers 1.00% stearyl alcohol(POE 20) 2.00% polyorganosilane 0.20% colorant red dye 0.05% water65.75%

EXAMPLE G Fertilizer Stick

Compound 35 2.50% pyrrolidone-styrene copolymer 4.80% tristyrylphenyl16-ethoxylate 2.30% talc 0.80% corn starch 5.00% Nitrophoska ® Permanent15-9-15 slow-release fertilizer 36.00% (BASF) kaolin 38.00% water 10.60%

Compounds of this invention are characterized by favorable metabolicand/or soil residual patterns and exhibit activity controlling aspectrum of agronomic and nonagronomic invertebrate pests. Compounds ofthis invention are also characterized by favorable foliar and orsoil-applied systemicity in plants exhibiting translocation to protectfoliage and other plant parts not directly contacted with invertebratepest control compositions comprising the present compounds. In thecontext of this disclosure “invertebrate pest control” means inhibitionof invertebrate pest development (including mortality, feedingreduction, and/or mating disruption) and as a result significantreduction in feeding or injury to an agronomic crop or damage to abuilding structure caused by the invertebrate pest; related expressionsare defined analogously.

The term “agronomic” refers to the production of field crops such as forfood and fiber and includes the growth of corn, soybeans and otherlegumes, rice, cereal (e.g., wheat, oats, barley, rye, rice, maize),leafy vegetables (e.g., lettuce, cabbage, and other cole crops),fruiting vegetables (e.g., tomatoes, pepper, eggplant, crucifers andcucurbits), potatoes, sweet potatoes, grapes, cotton, tree fruits (e.g.,pome, stone and citrus), small fruit (berries, cherries) and otherspecialty crops (e.g., canola, sunflower, olives). The term “agronomic”also refers to the production of such crops that contain geneticmaterial introduced by genetic engineering (i.e. transgenic) or modifiedby mutagenesis to provide advantageous traits. Examples of such traitsinclude tolerance to herbicides, resistance to phytophagous pests (e.g.,insects, mites, aphids, spiders, nematodes, snails, plant-pathogenicfungi, bacteria and viruses), improved plant growth, increased toleranceof adverse growing conditions such as high and low temperatures, low orhigh soil moisture, and high salinity, increased flowering or fruiting,greater harvest yields, more rapid maturation, higher quality and/ornutritional value of the harvested product, and improved storage orprocess properties of the harvested products. Transgenic plants can bemodified to express multiple traits. Examples of plants containingtraits provided by genetic engineering or mutagenesis include varietiesof corn, cotton, soybean and potato expressing an insecticidal Bacillusthuringiensis toxin such as YIELD GARD®, KNOCKOUT®, STARLINK®,BOLLGARD®, NuCOTN® and NEWLEAF®, and herbicide-tolerant varieties ofcorn, cotton, soybean and rapeseed such as ROUNDUP READY®, LIBERTYLINK®, IMI®, STS® and CLEARFIELD®, as well as crops expressingN-acetyltransferase (GAT) to provide resistance to glyphosate herbicide,or crops containing the HRA gene providing resistance to herbicidesinhibiting acetylactate synthase (ALS).

The term “nonagronomic” refers to other horticultural crops (e.g.,greenhouse, nursery or ornamental plants not grown in a field),residential and commercial structures in urban and industrial settings,turf (commercial, golf, residential, recreational, etc.), wood products,stored product, agro-forestry and vegetation management, public health(human) and animal health (domestical animals, pets, livestock, poultry,undomestical animals such as wildlife) applications. For reasons ofinvertebrate pest control spectrum and economic importance, protectionof agronomic crops from damage or injury caused by invertebrate pests bycontrolling invertebrate pests are embodiments of the invention.

As referred to in this disclosure, the term “invertebrate pest” includesarthropods, gastropods and nematodes of economic importance as pests.The term “arthropod” includes insects, mites, spiders, scorpions,centipedes, millipedes, pill bugs and symphylans. The term “gastropod”includes snails, slugs and other Stylommatophora. The term “nematode”includes all of the helminths, such as: roundworms, heartworms, andphytophagous nematodes (Nematoda), flukes (Tematoda), Acanthocephala,and tapeworms (Cestoda). Compounds of this invention exhibit activityagainst a wide spectrum of foliar-feeding, fruit-feeding, stem or rootfeeding, seed-feeding, aquatic and soil-inhabiting invertebrate pestswhich are pests of growing and stored agronomic crops, forestry,greenhouse crops, ornamentals, nursery crops, stored food and fiberproducts, livestock, household, public health and animal health. Thoseskilled in the art will appreciate that not all compounds are equallyeffective against all growth stages of all pests.

Agronomic or nonagronomic pests include eggs, larvae and adults of theorder Lepidoptera, such as armyworms, cutworms, loopers, and heliothinesin the family Noctuidae (e.g., fall armyworm (Spodoptera fugiperda J. E.Smith), beet armyworm (Spodoptera exigua Hübner), black cutworm (Agrotisipsilon Hufnagel), cabbage looper (Trichoplusia ni Hübner), tobaccobudworm (Heliothis virescens Fabricius)); borers, casebearers, webworms,coneworms, cabbageworms and skeletonizers from the family Pyralidae(e.g., European corn borer (Ostrinia nubilalis Hübner), navel orangeworm(Amyelois transitella Walker), corn root webworm (Cramibuscaliginosellus Clemens), sod webworms (Pyralidae: Crambinae) such as sodworm (Herpetogramma licarsisalis Walker)); leafrollers, budworms, seedworms, and fruit worms in the family Tortricidae (e.g., codling moth(Cydia pomonella Linnaeus), grape berry moth (Endopiza viteana Clemens),oriental fruit moth (Grapholita molesta Busck)); and many othereconomically important lepidoptera (e.g., diamondback moth (Plutellaxylostella Linnaeus), pink bollworm (Pectinophora gossypiella Saunders),gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar Linnaeus)); eggs, nymphs and adults of theorder Blattodea including cockroaches from the families Blattellidae andBlattidae (e.g., oriental cockroach (Blatta orientalis Linnaeus), Asiancockroach (Blatella asahinai Mizukubo), German cockroach (Blattellagermanica Linnaeus), brownbanded cockroach (Supella longipalpaFabricius), American cockroach (Periplaneta americana Linnaeus), browncockroach (Periplaneta brunnea Burmeister), Madeira cockroach(Leucophaea maderae Fabricius)), smoky brown cockroach (Periplanetafuliginosa Service), Australian cockroach (Periplaneta australasiaeFabr.), lobster cockroach (Nauphoeta cinerea Olivier) and smoothcockroach (Symploce pallens Stephens)); eggs, foliar feeding, fruitfeeding, root feeding, seed feeding and vesicular tissue feeding larvaeand adults of the order Coleoptera including weevils from the familiesAnthribidae, Bruchidae, and Curculionidae (e.g., boll weevil (Anthonomusgrandis Boheman), rice water weevil (Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus Kuschel),granary weevil (Sitophilus granarius Linnaeus), rice weevil (Sitophilusoryzae Linnaeus)), annual bluegrass weevil (Listronotus maculicollisDietz), bluegrass billbug (Sphenophorus parvulus Gyllenhal), huntingbillbug (Sphenophorus venatus vestitus), Denver billbug (Sphenophoruscicatristriatus Fahraeus)); flea beetles, cucumber beetles, rootworms,leaf beetles, potato beetles, and leafminers in the family Chrysomelidae(e.g., Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata Say), westerncorn rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte)); chafers andother beetles from the family Scaribaeidae (e.g., Japanese beetle(Popillia japonica Newman), oriental beetle (Anomala orientalisWaterhouse), northern masked chafer (Cyclocephala borealis Arrow),southern masked chafer (Cyclocephala immaculata Olivier), blackturfgrass ataenius (Ataenius spretulus Haldeman), green June beetle(Cotinis nitida Linnaeus), Asiatic garden beetle (Maladera castaneaArrow), May/June beetles (Phyllophaga spp.) and European chafer(Rhizotrogus majalis Razoumowsky)); carpet beetles from the familyDermestidae; wireworms from the family Elateridae; bark beetles from thefamily Scolytidae and flour beetles from the family Tenebrionidae. Inaddition, agronomic and nonagronomic pests include: eggs, adults andlarvae of the order Dermaptera including earwigs from the familyForficulidae (e.g., European earwig (Forficula auricularia Linnaeus),black earwig (Chelisoches morio Fabricius)); eggs, immatures, adults andnymphs of the orders Hemiptera and Homoptera such as, plant bugs fromthe family Miridae, cicadas from the family Cicadidae, leafhoppers (e.g.Empoasca spp.) from the family Cicadellidae, planthoppers from thefamilies Fulgoroidae and Delphacidae, treehoppers from the familyMembracidae, psyllids from the family Psyllidae, whiteflies from thefamily Aleyrodidae, aphids from the family Aphididae, phylloxera fromthe family Phylloxeridae, mealybugs from the family Pseudococcidae,scales from the families Coccidae, Diaspididae and Margarodidae, lacebugs from the family Tingidae, stink bugs from the family Pentatomidae,chinch bugs (e.g., hairy chinch bug (Blissus leucopterus hirtusMontandon) and southern chinch bug (Blissus isularis Barber)) and otherseed bugs from the family Lygaeidae, spittlebugs from the familyCercopidae squash bugs from the family Coreidae, and red bugs and cottonstainers from the family Pyrrhocoridae. Also included are eggs, larvae,nymphs and adults of the order Acari (mites) such as spider mites andred mites in the family Tetranychidae (e.g., European red mite(Panonychus ulmi Koch), two spotted spider mite (Tetranychus urticaeKoch), McDaniel mite (Tetranychus mcdanieli McGregor)); flat mites inthe family Tenuipalpidae (e.g., citrus flat mite (Brevipalpus lewisiMcGregor)); rust and bud mites in the family Eriophyidae and otherfoliar feeding mites and mites important in human and animal health,i.e. dust mites in the family Epidermoptidae, follicle mites in thefamily Demodicidae, grain mites in the family Glycyphagidae, ticks inthe order Ixodidae (e.g., deer tick (Ixodes scapularis Say), Australianparalysis tick (Ixodes holocyclus Neumann), American dog tick(Dermacentor variabilis Say), lone star tick (Amblyomma americanumLinnaeus)) and scab and itch mites in the families Psoroptidae,Pyemotidae, and Sarcoptidae; eggs, adults and immatures of the orderOrthoptera including grasshoppers, locusts and crickets (e.g., migratorygrasshoppers (e.g., Melanoplus sanguinipes Fabricius, M. differentialisThomas), American grasshoppers (e.g., Schistocerca americana Drury),desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria Forskal), migratory locust (Locustamigratoria Linnaeus), bush locust (Zonocerus spp.), house cricket(Acheta domesticus Linnaeus), mole crickets (e.g., tawny mole cricket(Scapteriscus vicinus Scudder) and southern mole cricket (Scapteriscusborellii Giglio-Tos)); eggs, adults and immatures of the order Dipteraincluding leafminers, midges, fruit flies (Tephritidae), frit flies(e.g., Oscinella frit Linnaeus), soil maggots, house flies (e.g., Muscadomestica Linnaeus), lesser house flies (e.g., Fannia canicularisLinnaeus, F. femoralis Stein), stable flies (e.g., Stomoxys calcitransLinnaeus), face flies, horn flies, blow flies (e.g., Chrysomya spp.,Phormia spp.), and other muscoid fly pests, horse flies (e.g., Tabanusspp.), bot flies (e.g., Gastrophilus spp., Oestrus spp.), cattle grubs(e.g., Hypoderma spp.), deer flies (e.g., Chrysops spp.), keds (e.g.,Melophagus ovinus Linnaeus) and other Brachycera, mosquitoes (e.g.,Aedes spp., Anopheles spp., Culex spp.), black flies (e.g., Prosimuliumspp., Simulium spp.), biting midges, sand flies, sciarids, and otherNematocera; eggs, immatures and adults of the order Thysanopteraincluding onion thrips (Thrips tabaci Lindeman), flower thrips(Frankliniella spp.), and other foliar feeding thrips; insect pests ofthe order Hymenoptera including ants (e.g., red carpenter ant(Camponotus ferrugineus Fabricius), black carpenter ant (Camponotuspennsylvanicus De Geer), Pharaoh ant (Monomorium pharaonis Linnaeus),little fire ant (Wasmannia auropunctata Roger), fire ant (Solenopsisgeminata Fabricius), red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta Buren),Argentine ant (Iridomyrmex humilis Mayr), crazy ant (Paratrechinalongicornis Latreille), pavement ant (Tetramorium caespitum Linnaeus),cornfield ant (Lasius alienus Forster), odorous house ant (Tapinomasessile Say), bees (including carpenter bees), hornets, yellow jackets,wasps, and sawflies (Neodiprion spp.; Cephus spp.); insect pests of theFamily Formicidae including the Florida carpenter ant (Camponotusfloridanus Buckley), white-footed ant (Technomyrmex albipes fr. Smith),big headed ants (Pheidole sp.) and ghost ant (Tapinoma melanocephalumFabricius); insect pests of the order Isoptera including termites in theTermitidae (ex. Macrotermes sp.), Kalotermitidae (ex. Cryptotermes sp.),and Rhinotermitidae (ex. Reticulitermes sp., Coptotermes sp.) families,the eastern subterranean termite (Reticulitermes flavipes Kollar),western subterranean termite (Reticulitermes hesperus Banks), Formosansubterranean termite (Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki), West Indiandrywood termite (Incisitermes immigrans Snyder), powder post termite(Cryptotermes brevis Walker), drywood termite (Incisitermes snyderiLight), southeastern subterranean termite (Reticulitermes virginicusBanks), western drywood termite (Incisitermes minor Hagen), arborealtermites such as Nasutitermes sp. and other termites of economicimportance; insect pests of the order Thysanura such as silverfish(Lepisma saccharina Linnaeus) and firebrat (Thermobia domesticaPackard); insect pests of the order Mallophaga and including the headlouse (Pediculus humanus capitis De Geer), body louse (Pediculus humanusLinnaeus), chicken body louse (Menacanthus stramineus Nitszch), dogbiting louse (Trichodectes canis De Geer), fluff louse (Goniocotesgallinae De Geer), sheep body louse (Bovicola ovis Schrank), short-nosedcattle louse (Haematopinus eurysternus Nitzsch), long-nosed cattle louse(Linognathus vituli Linnaeus) and other sucking and chewing parasiticlice that attack man and animals; insect pests of the order Siphonopteraincluding the oriental rat flea (Xenopsylla cheopis Rothschild), catflea (Ctenocephalides felis Bouche), dog flea (Ctenocephalides canisCurtis), hen flea (Ceratophyllus gallinae Schrank), sticktight flea(Echidnophaga gallinacea Westwood), human flea (Pulex irritans Linnaeus)and other fleas afflicting mammals and birds. Additional arthropod pestscovered include: spiders in the order Araneae such as the brown reclusespider (Loxosceles reclusa Gertsch & Mulaik) and the black widow spider(Latrodectus mactans Fabricius), and centipedes in the orderScutigeromorpha such as the house centipede (Scutigera coleoptrataLinnaeus). Compounds of the present invention also have activity onmembers of the Classes Nematoda, Cestoda, Trematoda, and Acanthocephalaincluding economically important members of the orders Strongylida,Ascaridida, Oxyurida, Rhabditida, Spirurida, and Enoplida such as butnot limited to economically important agricultural pests (i.e. root knotnematodes in the genus Meloidogyne, lesion nematodes in the genusPratylenchus, stubby root nematodes in the genus Trichodorus, etc.) andanimal and human health pests (i.e. all economically important flukes,tapeworms, and roundworms, such as Strongylus vulgaris in horses,Toxocara canis in dogs, Haemonchus contortus in sheep, Dirofilariaimmitis Leidy in dogs, Anoplocephala perfoliata in horses, Fasciolahepatica Linnaeus in ruminants, etc.).

Compounds of the invention show particularly high activity against pestsin the order Lepidoptera (e.g., Alabama argillacea Hübner (cotton leafworm), Archips argyrospila Walker (fruit tree leaf roller), A. rosanaLinnaeus (European leaf roller) and other Archips species, Chilosuppressalis Walker (rice stem borer), Cnaphalocrosis medinalis Guenee(rice leaf roller), Crambus caliginosellus Clemens (corn root webworm),Crambus teterrellus Zincken (bluegrass webworm), Cydia pomonellaLinnaeus (codling moth), Earias insulana Boisduval (spiny bollworm),Earias vittella Fabricius (spotted bollworm), Helicoverpa armigeraHübner (American bollworm), Helicoverpa zea Boddie (corn earworm),Heliothis virescens Fabricius (tobacco budworm), Herpetogrammalicarsisalis Walker (sod webworm), Lobesia botrana Denis &Schiffermüller (grape berry moth), Pectinophora gossypiella Saunders(pink bollworm), Phlyllocnistis citrella Stainton (citrus leafminer),Pieris brassicae Linnaeus (large white butterfly), Pieris rapae Linnaeus(small white butterfly), Plutella xylostella Linnaeus (diamondbackmoth), Spodoptera exigua Hübner (beet armyworm), Spodoptera lituraFabricius (tobacco cutworm, cluster caterpillar), Spodoptera frugiperdaJ. E. Smith (fall armyworm), Trichoplusia ni Hübner (cabbage looper) andTuta absoluta Meyrick (tomato leafminer)).

Compounds of the invention also have significant activity on membersfrom the order Homoptera including: Acyrthisiphon pisum Harris (peaaphid), Aphis craccivora Koch (cowpea aphid), Aphis fabae Scopoli (blackbean aphid), Aphis gossypii Glover (cotton aphid, melon aphid), Aphispomi De Geer (apple aphid), Aphis spiraecola Patch (spirea aphid),Aulacorthum solani Kaltenbach (foxglove aphid), Chaetosiphon fragaefoliiCockerell (strawberry aphid), Diuraphis noxia Kurdjumov/Mordvilko(Russian wheat aphid), Dysaphis plantaginea Paaserini (rosy appleaphid), Eriosoma lanigeirum Hausmann (woolly apple aphid), Hyalopteruspruni Geoffroy (mealy plum aphid), Lipaphis erysimi Kaltenbach (turnipaphid), Metopolophium dirrhodum Walker (cereal aphid), Macrosipumeuphorbiae Thomas (potato aphid), Myzus persicae Sulzer (peach-potatoaphid, green peach aphid), Nasoizovia ribisnigri Mosley (lettuce aphid),Pemphigus spp. (root aphids and gall aphids), Rhopalosiphum maidis Fitch(corn leaf aphid), Rhopalosiphum padi Linnaeus (bird cherry-oat aphid),Schizaphis graminum Rondani (greenbug), Sitobion avenae Fabricius(English grain aphid), Therioaphis maculata Buckton (spotted alfalfaaphid), Toxoptera aurantii Boyer de Fonscolombe (black citrus aphid),and Toxoptera citricida Kirkaldy (brown citrus aphid); Adelges spp.(adelgids); Phylloxera devastatrix Pergande (pecan phylloxera); Bemisiatabaci Gennadius (tobacco whitefly, sweetpotato whitefly), Bemisiaargentifolii Bellows & Perring (silverleaf whitefly), Dialeurodes citriAshmead (citrus whitefly) and Trialeurodes vaporariorum Westwood(greenhouse whitefly); Empoasca fabae Harris (potato leafhopper),Laodelphax striatellus Fallen (smaller brown planthopper), Macrolestesquadrilineatus Forbes (aster leafhopper), Nephotettix cinticeps Uhler(green leafhopper), Nephotettix nigropictus Stål (rice leafhopper),Nilaparvata lugens Stål (brown planthopper), Peregrinus maidis Ashmead(corn planthopper), Sogatella furcifera Horvath (white-backedplanthopper), Sogatodes orizicola Muir (rice delphacid), Typhlocybapomaria McAtee white apple leafhopper, Erythroneoura spp. (grapeleafhoppers); Magicidada septendecim Linnaeus (periodical cicada);Icerya purchasi Maskell (cottony cushion scale), Quadraspidiotusperniciosus Comstock (San Jose scale); Planococcus citri Risso (citrusmealybug); Pseudococcus spp. (other mealybug complex); Cacopsyllapyricola Foerster (pear psylla), Trioza diospyri Ashmead (persimmonpsylla).

Compounds of this invention also have activity on members from the orderHemiptera including: Acrosternum hilare Say (green stink bug), Anasatristis De Geer (squash bug), Blissus leucoptrnus leucopterus Say(chinch bug), Corythuca gossypii Fabricius (cotton lace bug),Cyrtopeltis modesta Distant (tomato bug), Dysdercus suturellusHerrich-Schäffer (cotton stainer), Euchistus servus Say (brown stinkbug), Euchistus variolarius Palisot de Beauvois (one-spotted stink bug),Graptosthetus spp. (complex of seed bugs), Leptoglossus corculus Say(leaf-footed pine seed bug), Lygus lineolaris Palisot de Beauvois(tarnished plant bug), Nezara viridula Linnaeus (southern green stinkbug), Oebalus pugnax Fabricius (rice stink bug), Oncopeltus fasciatusDallas (large milkweed bug), Pseudatomoscelis seriatus Reuter (cottonfleahopper). Other insect orders controlled by compounds of theinvention include Thysanoptera (e.g., Frankliniella occidentalisPergande (western flower thrip), Scirthothrips citri Moulton (citrusthrip), Sericothrips variabilis Beach (soybean thrip), and Thrips tabaciLindeman (onion thrip); and the order Coleoptera (e.g., Leptinotarsadecemlineata Say (Colorado potato beetle), Epilachna varivestis Mulsant(Mexican bean beetle) and wireworms of the genera Agriotes, Athous orLimonius).

Of note is use of compounds of this invention for controlling silverleafwhitefly (Bemisia argentifolii). Of note is use of compounds of thisinvention for controlling potato leafhopper (Empoasca fabae). Of note isuse of compounds of this invention for controlling corn planthopper(Peregrinus maidis). Of note is use of compounds of this invention forcontrolling cotton melon aphid (Aphis gossypii). Of note is use ofcompounds of this invention for controlling green peach aphid (Myzuspersicae). Of note is use of compounds of this invention for controllingdiamondback moth (Plutella xylostella). Of note is use of compounds ofthis invention for controlling fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda).

Compounds of this invention can also be mixed with one or more otherbiologically active compounds or agents including insecticides,fungicides, nematocides, bactericides, acaricides, herbicides, growthregulators such as rooting stimulants, chemosterilants, semiochemicals,repellents, attractants, pheromones, feeding stimulants, otherbiologically active compounds or entomopathogenic bacteria, virus orfungi to form a multi-component pesticide giving an even broaderspectrum of agronomic and nonagronomic utility. Thus the presentinvention also pertains to a composition comprising a biologicallyeffective amount of a compound of Formula 1 and an effective amount ofat least one additional biologically active compound or agent and canfurther comprise at least one of a surfactant, a solid diluent or aliquid diluent. The other biologically active compounds or agents can beformulated in compositions comprising at least one of a surfactant,solid or liquid diluent. For mixtures of the present invention, theother biologically active compounds or agents can be formulated togetherwith the present compounds, including the compounds of Formula 1, toform a premix, or the other biologically active compounds or agents canbe formulated separately from the present compounds, including thecompounds of Formula 1, and the two formulations combined togetherbefore application (e.g., in a spray tank) or, alternatively, applied insuccession.

Examples of such biologically active compounds or agents with whichcompounds of this invention can be formulated are: insecticides such asabamectin, acephate, acetamiprid, amidoflumet (S-1955), avermectin,azadirachtin, azinphos-methyl, bifenthrin, bifenazate, buprofezin,carbofuran, cartap, chlorfenapyr, chlorfluazuron, chlorpyrifos,chlorpyrifos-methyl, chromafenozide, clothianidin, cyflumetofen,cyfluthrin, beta-cyfluthrin, cyhalothrin, lambda-cyhalothrin,cypermethrin, cyromazine, deltamethrin, diafenthiuron, diazinon,dieldrin, diflubenzuron, dimefluthrin, dimethoate, dinotefuran,diofenolan, emamectin, endosulfan, esfenvalerate, ethiprole,fenothiocarb, fenoxycarb, fenpropathrin, fenvalerate, fipronil,flonicamid, flubendiamide, flucythrinate, tau-fluvalinate, flufenerim(UR-50701), flufenoxuron, fonophos, halofenozide, hexaflumuron,hydramethylnon, imidacloprid, indoxacarb, isofenphos, lufenuron,malathion, metaflumizone, metaldehyde, methamidophos, methidathion,methomyl, methoprene, methoxychlor, metofluthrin, monocrotophos,methoxyfenozide, nitenpyram, nithiazine, novaluron, noviflumuron(XDE-007), oxamyl, parathion, parathion-methyl, permethrin, phorate,phosalone, phosmet, phosphamidon, pirimicarb, profenofos, profluthrin,pymetrozine, pyrafluprole, pyrethrin, pyridalyl, pyriprole,pyriproxyfen, rotenone, ryanodine, spinosad, spirodiclofen, spiromesifen(BSN 2060), spirotetramat, sulprofos, tebufenozide, teflubenzuron,tefluthrin, terbufos, tetrachlorvinphos, thiacloprid, thiamethoxam,thiodicarb, thiosultap-sodium, tralomethrin, triazamate, trichlorfon andtriflumuron; fungicides such as acibenzolar, amisulbrom, azoxystrobin,benomyl, blasticidin-S, Bordeaux mixture (tribasic copper sulfate),boscalid, bromuconazole, carpropamid, captafol, captan, carbendazim,chloroneb, chlorothalonil, copper oxychloride, copper salts,cyflufenamid, cymoxanil, cyproconazole, cyprodinil,(S)-3,5-dichloro-N-(3-chloro-1-ethyl-1-methyl-2-oxopropyl)-4-methylbenzamide(RH 7281), diclocymet (S-2900), diclomezine, dicloran, difenoconazole,(S)-3,5-dihydro-5-methyl-2-(methylthio)-5-phenyl-3-(phenylamino)-4H-imidazol-4-one(RP 407213), dimethomorph, dimoxystrobin, diniconazole, diniconazole-M,dodine, edifenphos, epoxiconazole, famoxadone, fenamidone, fenarimol,fenbuconazole, fencaramid (SZX0722), fenpiclonil, fenpropidin,fenpropimorph, fentin acetate, fentin hydroxide, fluazinam, fludioxonil,flumetover (RPA 403397), flumorf/flumorlin (SYP-L190), fluoxastrobin(HEC 5725), fluopicolide, fluquinconazole, flusilazole, flutolanil,flutriafol, folpet, fosetyl-aluminum, furalaxyl, furametapyr (S-82658),hexaconazole, ipconazole, iprobenfos, iprodione, isoprothiolane,kasugamycin, kresoxim-methyl, mancozeb, mandipropamid, maneb, mefenoxam,mepronil, metalaxyl, metconazole, metominostrobin/fenominostrobin(SSF-126), metrafenone (AC375839), myclobutanil, neo-asozin (ferricmethanearsonate), nicobifen (BAS 510), orysastrobin, oxadixyl,penconazole, pencycuron, probenazole, penthiopyrad, prochloraz,propamocarb, propiconazole, proquinazid (DPX-KQ926), prothioconazole(JAU 6476), pyrifenox, pyraclostrobin, pyrimethanil, pyroquilon,quinoxyfen, spiroxamine, sulfur, tebuconazole, tetraconazole,thiabendazole, thifluzamide, thiophanate-methyl, thiram, tiadinil,triadimefon, triadimenol, tricyclazole, trifloxystrobin, triticonazole,validamycin and vinclozolin; nematocides such as aldicarb, oxamyl andfenamiphos; bactericides such as streptomycin; acaricides such asamitraz, chinomethionat, chlorobenzilate, cyhexatin, dicofol,dienochlor, etoxazole, fenazaquin, fenbutatin oxide, fenpropathrin,fenpyroximate, hexythiazox, propargite, pyridaben and tebufenpyrad; andbiological agents including entomopathogenic bacteria, such as Bacillusthuringiensis subsp. Aizawai, Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. Kurstaki,and the encapsulated delta-endotoxins of Bacillus thuringiensis (e.g.,Cellcap, MPV, MPVII); entomopathogenic fungi, such as green muscardinefungus; and entomopathogenic virus including baculovirus,nucleopolyhedro virus (NPV) such as HzNPV, AfNPV; and granulosis virus(GV) such as CpGV.

Compounds of this invention and compositions thereof can be applied toplants genetically transformed to express proteins toxic to invertebratepests (such as Bacillus thuringiensis delta-endotoxins). The effect ofthe exogenously applied invertebrate pest control compounds of thisinvention may be synergistic with the expressed toxin proteins.

General references for these agricultural protectants (i.e.insecticides, fungicides, nematocides, acaricides, herbicides andbiological agents) include The Pesticide Manual, 13th Edition, C. D. S.Tomlin, Ed., British Crop Protection Council, Farnham, Surrey, U.K.,2003 and The BioPesticide Manual, 2^(nd) Edition, L. G. Copping, Ed.,British Crop Protection Council, Farnham, Surrey, U.K., 2001.

In certain instances, combinations with other arthropodicides having asimilar spectrum of control but a different mode of action will beparticularly advantageous for resistance management. Thus, compositionsof the present invention can further comprise a biologically effectiveamount of at least one additional invertebrate pest control compound oragent having a similar spectrum of control but a different mode ofaction. Contacting a plant genetically modified to express a plantprotection compound (e.g., protein) or the locus of the plant with abiologically effective amount of a compound of this invention can alsoprovide a broader spectrum of plant protection and be advantageous forresistance management.

In certain instances, combinations of a compound of this invention withother invertebrate pest control compounds or agents can result in agreater-than-additive (i.e. synergistic) effect and/or aless-than-additive effect (i.e. antagonistic). It is always desirable toreduce the quantity of chemical agents released in the environment whileensuring effective pest control. When synergism of invertebrate pestcontrol agents is found at application rates giving agronomicallysatisfactory levels of pest control, such combinations can beadvantageous for lowering crop production cost and reducingenvironmental load.

Table A lists specific combinations of a compound of Formula 1 withother invertebrate pest control agents illustrative of the mixtures,compositions and methods of the present invention. The first column ofTable A lists the specific invertebrate pest control agents (e.g.,“Abamectin” in the first line). The second column of Table A lists themode of action (if known) of the invertebrate pest control agents. Thethird column of Table A lists embodiment(s) of ranges of weight ratiosfor rates at which the invertebrate pest control agent can be appliedrelative to a compound of Formula 1, an N-oxide, or a salt thereof,(e.g., “50:1 to 1:50” of abamectin relative to a compound of Formula 1by weight). Thus, for example, the first line of Table A specificallydiscloses the combination of a compound of Formula 1 with abamectin canbe applied in a weight ratio between 50:1 to 1:50. The remaining linesof Table A are to be construed similarly. Of further note Table A listsspecific combinations of a compound of Formula 1 with other invertebratepest control agents illustrative of the mixtures, compositions andmethods of the present invention and includes additional embodiments ofweight ratio ranges for application rates, some of the specific mixturesshowing notable synergistic effect.

TABLE A Invertebrate Pest Mode of Action or Typical Control Agentchemical classes Weight Ratio Abamectin macrocyclic lactones 50:1 to1:50 Acetamiprid neonicotinoids 150:1 to 1:200 Amitraz octopaminereceptor ligands 200:1 to 1:100 Anthranilamides ryanodine receptorligands 100:1 to 1:120 Avermectin macrocyclic lactones 50:1 to 1:50Azadirachtin ecdysone agonists 100:1 to 1:120 Beta-cyfluthrin sodiumchannel modulators 150:1 to 1:200 Bifenthrin sodium channel modulators100:1 to 1:10  Buprofezin chitin synthesis inhibitors 500:1 to 1:50 Cartap nereistoxin analogs 100:1 to 1:200 Chlorfenapyr mitochondrialelectron 300:1 to 1:200 transport inhibitors Chlorpyrifos cholinesteraseinhibitors 500:1 to 1:200 Clothianidin neonicotinoids 100:1 to 1:400Cyfluthrin sodium channel modulators 150:1 to 1:200 Cyhalothrin sodiumchannel modulators 150:1 to 1:200 Cypermethrin sodium channel modulators150:1 to 1:200 Cyromazine chitin synthesis inhibitors 400:1 to 1:50 Deltamethrin sodium channel modulators  50:1 to 1:400 Dieldrincyclodiene insecticides 200:1 to 1:100 Dinotefuran neonicotinoids 150:1to 1:200 Diofenolan molting inhibitor 150:1 to 1:200 Emamectinmacrocyclic lactones 50:1 to 1:10 Emamectin Benzoate macrocycliclactones 50:1 to 1:10 Endosulfan cyclodiene insecticides 200:1 to 1:100Esfenvalerate sodium channel modulators 100:1 to 1:400 EthiproleGABA-regulated chloride 200:1 to 1:100 channel blockers Fenothiocarb150:1 to 1:200 Fenoxycarb juvenile hormone mimics 500:1 to 1:100Fenvalerate sodium channel modulators 150:1 to 1:200 FipronilGABA-regulated chloride 150:1 to 1:100 channel blockers Flonicamid 200:1to 1:100 Flubendiamide ryanodine receptor ligands 100:1 to 1:120Flufenoxuron chitin synthesis inhibitors 200:1 to 1:100 Hexaflumuronchitin synthesis inhibitors 300:1 to 1:50  Hydramethylnon mitochondrialelectron 150:1 to 1:250 transport inhibitors Imidacloprid neonicotinoids1000:1 to 1:1000 Indoxacarb sodium channel modulators 200:1 to 1:50 Lambda-cyhalothrin sodium channel modulators  50:1 to 1:250 Lufenuronchitin synthesis inhibitors 500:1 to 1:250 Metaflumizone 200:1 to 1:200Methomyl cholinesterase inhibitors 500:1 to 1:100 Methoprene juvenilehormone mimics 500:1 to 1:100 Methoxyfenozide ecdysone agonists 50:1 to1:50 Nitenpyram neonicotinoids 150:1 to 1:200 Nithiazine neonicotinoids150:1 to 1:200 Novaluron chitin synthesis inhibitors 500:1 to 1:150 NPV(e.g., Gemstar) biological agents 50:1 to 1:10 Oxamyl cholinesteraseinhibitors 200:1 to 1:200 Pymetrozine 200:1 to 1:100 Pyrethrin sodiumchannel modulators 100:1 to 1:10  Pyridaben mitochondrial electron 200:1to 1:100 transport inhibitors Pyridalyl 200:1 to 1:100 Pyriproxyfenjuvenile hormone mimics 500:1 to 1:100 Ryanodine ryanodine receptorligands 100:1 to 1:120 Spinosad macrocyclic lactones 500:1 to 1:10 Spirodiclofen lipid biosynthesis inhibitors 200:1 to 1:200 Spiromesifenlipid biosynthesis inhibitors 200:1 to 1:200 Tebufenozide ecdysoneagonists 500:1 to 1:250 Thiacloprid neonicotinoids 100:1 to 1:200Thiamethoxam neonicotinoids 1250:1 to 1:1000 Thiodicarb cholinesteraseinhibitors 500:1 to 1:400 Tralomethrin sodium channel modulators 150:1to 1:200 Triazamate cholinesterase inhibitors 250:1 to 1:100 Triflumuronchitin synthesis inhibitors 200:1 to 1:100 Bacillus thuringiensisbiological agents 50:1 to 1:10 Bacillus thuringiensis biological agents50:1 to 1:10 delta toxin Beauvaria bassiana biological agents 50:1 to1:10

One embodiment of insecticides and acaricides for mixing with compoundsof this invention include sodium channel modulators such ascypermethrin, cyhalothrin, cyfluthrin, beta-cyfluthrin, esfenvalerate,fenvalerate, indoxacarb and tralomethrin; cholinesterase inhibitors suchas methomyl, oxamyl and thiodicarb; neonicotinoids such as acetamiprid,clothianidin, imidacloprid, thiacloprid and thiamethoxam; neuronalsodium channel blockers such as indoxacarb; insecticidal macrocycliclactones such as spinosad, abamectin, avermectin and emamectin; GABA(γ-aminobutyric acid)-regulated chloride channel blockers such asendosulfan, ethiprole and fipronil; chitin synthesis inhibitors such asflufenoxuron and triflumuron; juvenile hormone mimics such as diofenolanand pyriproxyfen; octopamine receptor ligands such as amitraz; ecdysoneagonists such as methoxyfenozide and tebufenozide; ryanodine receptorligands such as ryanodine, anthranilamides and flubendiamide;fenothiocarb; flonicamid; metaflumizone; pyridalyl; and pymetrozine. Oneembodiment of biological agents for mixing with compounds of thisinvention include Bacillus thuringiensis and Bacillus thuringiensisdelta-endotoxin as well as naturally occurring and genetically modifiedviral insecticides including members of the family Baculoviridae as wellas entomophagous fungi.

The weight ratios of a compound, including a compound of Formula 1, anN-oxide or a salt thereof, to the additional invertebrate pest controlagent typically are between 1000:1 and 1:1000, with one embodiment beingbetween 500:1 and 1:500, another embodiment being between 250:1 and1:200 and another embodiment being between 100:1 and 1:50.

Listed below in Table B are embodiments of specific compositionscomprising a mixture of the present invention and/or a compound ofFormula 1 (compound numbers refer to compounds in Index Table A) and anadditional invertebrate pest control agent.

TABLE B Mixture Comp. Invertebrate Pest No. No. and Control Agent A-1 1and Abamectin A-2 1 and Acetamiprid A-3 1 and Amitraz A-4 1 andAnthranilamides A-5 1 and Avermectin A-6 1 and Azadirachtin A-7 1 andBeta-cyfluthrin A-8 1 and Bifenthrin A-9 1 and Buprofezin A-10 1 andCartap A-11 1 and Chlorfenapyr A-12 1 and Chlorpyrifos A-13 1 andClothianidin A-14 1 and Cyfluthrin A-15 1 and Cyhalothrin A-16 1 andCypermethrin A-17 1 and Cyromazine A-18 1 and Deltamethrin A-19 1 andDieldrin A-20 1 and Dinotefuran A-21 1 and Diofenolan A-22 1 andEmamectin A-23 1 and Emamectin Benzoate A-24 1 and Endosulfan A-25 1 andEsfenvalerate A-26 1 and Ethiprole A-27 1 and Fenothiocarb A-28 1 andFenoxycarb A-29 1 and Fenvalerate A-30 1 and Fipronil A-31 1 andFlonicamid A-32 1 and Flubendiamide A-33 1 and Flufenoxuron A-34 1 andHexaflumuron A-35 1 and Hydramethylnon A-36 1 and Imidacloprid A-37 1and Indoxacarb A-38 1 and Lambda-cyhalothrin A-39 1 and Lufenuron A-40 1and Metaflumizone A-41 1 and Methomyl A-42 1 and Methoprene A-43 1 andMethoxyfenozide A-44 1 and Nitenpyram A-45 1 and Nithiazine A-46 1 andNovaluron A-47 1 and NPV (e.g., Gemstar) A-48 1 and Oxamyl A-49 1 andPymetrozine A-50 1 and Pyrethrin A-51 1 and Pyridaben A-52 1 andPyridalyl A-53 1 and Pyriproxyfen A-54 1 and Ryanodine A-55 1 andSpinosad A-56 1 and Spirodiclofen A-57 1 and Spiromesifen A-58 1 andTebufenozide A-59 1 and Thiacloprid A-60 1 and Thiamethoxam A-61 1 andThiodicarb A-62 1 and Tralomethrin A-63 1 and Triazamate A-64 1 andTriflumuron A-65 1 and Bacillus thuringiensis A-66 1 and Bacillusthuringiensis delta toxin A-67 1 and Beauvaria bassiana B-1 2 andAbamectin B-2 2 and Acetamiprid B-3 2 and Amitraz B-4 2 andAnthranilamides B-5 2 and Avermectin B-6 2 and Azadirachtin B-7 2 andBeta-cyfluthrin B-8 2 and Bifenthrin B-9 2 and Buprofezin B-10 2 andCartap B-11 2 and Chlorfenapyr B-12 2 and Chlorpyrifos B-13 2 andClothianidin B-14 2 and Cyfluthrin B-15 2 and Cyhalothrin B-16 2 andCypermethrin B-17 2 and Cyromazine B-18 2 and Deltamethrin B-19 2 andDieldrin B-20 2 and Dinotefuran B-21 2 and Diofenolan B-22 2 andEmamectin B-23 2 and Emamectin Benzoate B-24 2 and Endosulfan B-25 2 andEsfenvalerate B-26 2 and Ethiprole B-27 2 and Fenothiocarb B-28 2 andFenoxycarb B-29 2 and Fenvalerate B-30 2 and Fipronil B-31 2 andFlonicamid B-32 2 and Flubendiamide B-33 2 and Flufenoxuron B-34 2 andHexaflumuron B-35 2 and Hydramethylnon B-36 2 and Imidacloprid B-37 2and Indoxacarb B-38 2 and Lambda-cyhalothrin B-39 2 and Lufenuron B-40 2and Metaflumizone B-41 2 and Methomyl B-42 2 and Methoprene B-43 2 andMethoxyfenozide B-44 2 and Nitenpyram B-45 2 and Nithiazine B-46 2 andNovaluron B-47 2 and NPV (e.g., Gemstar) B-48 2 and Oxamyl B-49 2 andPymetrozine B-50 2 and Pyrethrin B-51 2 and Pyridaben B-52 2 andPyridalyl B-53 2 and Pyriproxyfen B-54 2 and Ryanodine B-55 2 andSpinosad B-56 2 and Spirodiclofen B-57 2 and Spiromesifen B-58 2 andTebufenozide B-59 2 and Thiacloprid B-60 2 and Thiamethoxam B-61 2 andThiodicarb B-62 2 and Tralomethrin B-63 2 and Triazamate B-64 2 andTriflumuron B-65 2 and Bacillus thuringiensis B-66 2 and Bacillusthuringiensis delta toxin B-67 2 and Beauvaria bassiana C-1 3 andAbamectin C-2 3 and Acetamiprid C-3 3 and Amitraz C-4 3 andAnthranilamides C-5 3 and Avermectin C-6 3 and Azadirachtin C-7 3 andBeta-cyfluthrin C-8 3 and Bifenthrin C-9 3 and Buprofezin C-10 3 andCartap C-11 3 and Chlorfenapyr C-12 3 and Chlorpyrifos C-13 3 andClothianidin C-14 3 and Cyfluthrin C-15 3 and Cyhalothrin C-16 3 andCypermethrin C-17 3 and Cyromazine C-18 3 and Deltamethrin C-19 3 andDieldrin C-20 3 and Dinotefuran C-21 3 and Diofenolan C-22 3 andEmamectin C-23 3 and Emamectin Benzoate C-24 3 and Endosulfan C-25 3 andEsfenvalerate C-26 3 and Ethiprole C-27 3 and Fenothiocarb C-28 3 andFenoxycarb C-29 3 and Fenvalerate C-30 3 and Fipronil C-31 3 andFlonicamid C-32 3 and Flubendiamide C-33 3 and Flufenoxuron C-34 3 andHexaflumuron C-35 3 and Hydramethylnon C-36 3 and Imidacloprid C-37 3and Indoxacarb C-38 3 and Lambda-cyhalothrin C-39 3 and Lufenuron C-40 3and Metaflumizone C-41 3 and Methomyl C-42 3 and Methoprene C-43 3 andMethoxyfenozide C-44 3 and Nitenpyram C-45 3 and Nithiazine C-46 3 andNovaluron C-47 3 and NPV (e.g., Gemstar) C-48 3 and Oxamyl C-49 3 andPymetrozine C-50 3 and Pyrethrin C-51 3 and Pyridaben C-52 3 andPyridalyl C-53 3 and Pyriproxyfen C-54 3 and Ryanodine C-55 3 andSpinosad C-56 3 and Spirodiclofen C-57 3 and Spiromesifen C-58 3 andTebufenozide C-59 3 and Thiacloprid C-60 3 and Thiamethoxam C-61 3 andThiodicarb C-62 3 and Tralomethrin C-63 3 and Triazamate C-64 3 andTriflumuron C-65 3 and Bacillus thuringiensis C-66 3 and Bacillusthuringiensis delta toxin C-67 3 and Beauvaria bassiana D-1 5 andAbamectin D-2 5 and Acetamiprid D-3 5 and Amitraz D-4 5 andAnthranilamides D-5 5 and Avermectin D-6 5 and Azadirachtin D-7 5 andBeta-cyfluthrin D-8 5 and Bifenthrin D-9 5 and Buprofezin D-10 5 andCartap D-11 5 and Chlorfenapyr D-12 5 and Chlorpyrifos D-13 5 andClothianidin D-14 5 and Cyfluthrin D-15 5 and Cyhalothrin D-16 5 andCypermethrin D-17 5 and Cyromazine D-18 5 and Deltamethrin D-19 5 andDieldrin D-20 5 and Dinotefuran D-21 5 and Diofenolan D-22 5 andEmamectin D-23 5 and Emamectin Benzoate D-24 5 and Endosulfan D-25 5 andEsfenvalerate D-26 5 and Ethiprole D-27 5 and Fenothiocarb D-28 5 andFenoxycarb D-29 5 and Fenvalerate D-30 5 and Fipronil D-31 5 andFlonicamid D-32 5 and Flubendiamide D-33 5 and Flufenoxuron D-34 5 andHexaflumuron D-35 5 and Hydramethylnon D-36 5 and Imidacloprid D-37 5and Indoxacarb D-38 5 and Lambda-cyhalothrin D-39 5 and Lufenuron D-40 5and Metaflumizone D-41 5 and Methomyl D-42 5 and Methoprene D-43 5 andMethoxyfenozide D-44 5 and Nitenpyram D-45 5 and Nithiazine D-46 5 andNovaluron D-47 5 and NPV (e.g., Gemstar) D-48 5 and Oxamyl D-49 5 andPymetrozine D-50 5 and Pyrethrin D-51 5 and Pyridaben D-52 5 andPyridalyl D-53 5 and Pyriproxyfen D-54 5 and Ryanodine D-55 5 andSpinosad D-56 5 and Spirodiclofen D-57 5 and Spiromesifen D-58 5 andTebufenozide D-59 5 and Thiacloprid D-60 5 and Thiamethoxam D-61 5 andThiodicarb D-62 5 and Tralomethrin D-63 5 and Triazamate D-64 5 andTriflumuron D-65 5 and Bacillus thuringiensis D-66 5 and Bacillusthuringiensis delta toxin D-67 5 and Beauvaria bassiana E-1 23 andAbamectin E-2 23 and Acetamiprid E-3 23 and Amitraz E-4 23 andAnthranilamides E-5 23 and Avermectin E-6 23 and Azadirachtin E-7 23 andBeta-cyfluthrin E-8 23 and Bifenthrin E-9 23 and Buprofezin E-10 23 andCartap E-11 23 and Chlorfenapyr E-12 23 and Chlorpyrifos E-13 23 andClothianidin E-14 23 and Cyfluthrin E-15 23 and Cyhalothrin E-16 23 andCypermethrin E-17 23 and Cyromazine E-18 23 and Deltamethrin E-19 23 andDieldrin E-20 23 and Dinotefuran E-21 23 and Diofenolan E-22 23 andEmamectin E-23 23 and Emamectin Benzoate E-24 23 and Endosulfan E-25 23and Esfenvalerate E-26 23 and Ethiprole E-27 23 and Fenothiocarb E-28 23and Fenoxycarb E-29 23 and Fenvalerate E-30 23 and Fipronil E-31 23 andFlonicamid E-32 23 and Flubendiamide E-33 23 and Flufenoxuron E-34 23and Hexaflumuron E-35 23 and Hydramethylnon E-36 23 and ImidaclopridE-37 23 and Indoxacarb E-38 23 and Lambda-cyhalothrin E-39 23 andLufenuron E-40 23 and Metaflumizone E-41 23 and Methomyl E-42 23 andMethoprene E-43 23 and Methoxyfenozide E-44 23 and Nitenpyram E-45 23and Nithiazine E-46 23 and Novaluron E-47 23 and NPV (e.g., Gemstar)E-48 23 and Oxamyl E-49 23 and Pymetrozine E-50 23 and Pyrethrin E-51 23and Pyridaben E-52 23 and Pyridalyl E-53 23 and Pyriproxyfen E-54 23 andRyanodine E-55 23 and Spinosad E-56 23 and Spirodiclofen E-57 23 andSpiromesifen E-58 23 and Tebufenozide E-59 23 and Thiacloprid E-60 23and Thiamethoxam E-61 23 and Thiodicarb E-62 23 and Tralomethrin E-63 23and Triazamate E-64 23 and Triflumuron E-65 23 and Bacillusthuringiensis E-66 23 and Bacillus thuringiensis delta toxin E-67 23 andBeauvaria bassiana F-1 24 and Abamectin F-2 24 and Acetamiprid F-3 24and Amitraz F-4 24 and Anthranilamides F-5 24 and Avermectin F-6 24 andAzadirachtin F-7 24 and Beta-cyfluthrin F-8 24 and Bifenthrin F-9 24 andBuprofezin F-10 24 and Cartap F-11 24 and Chlorfenapyr F-12 24 andChlorpyrifos F-13 24 and Clothianidin F-14 24 and Cyfluthrin F-15 24 andCyhalothrin F-16 24 and Cypermethrin F-17 24 and Cyromazine F-18 24 andDeltamethrin F-19 24 and Dieldrin F-20 24 and Dinotefuran F-21 24 andDiofenolan F-22 24 and Emamectin F-23 24 and Emamectin Benzoate F-24 24and Endosulfan F-25 24 and Esfenvalerate F-26 24 and Ethiprole F-27 24and Fenothiocarb F-28 24 and Fenoxycarb F-29 24 and Fenvalerate F-30 24and Fipronil F-31 24 and Flonicamid F-32 24 and Flubendiamide F-33 24and Flufenoxuron F-34 24 and Hexaflumuron F-35 24 and HydramethylnonF-36 24 and Imidacloprid F-37 24 and Indoxacarb F-38 24 andLambda-cyhalothrin F-39 24 and Lufenuron F-40 24 and Metaflumizone F-4124 and Methomyl F-42 24 and Methoprene F-43 24 and Methoxyfenozide F-4424 and Nitenpyram F-45 24 and Nithiazine F-46 24 and Novaluron F-47 24and NPV (e.g., Gemstar) F-48 24 and Oxamyl F-49 24 and Pymetrozine F-5024 and Pyrethrin F-51 24 and Pyridaben F-52 24 and Pyridalyl F-53 24 andPyriproxyfen F-54 24 and Ryanodine F-55 24 and Spinosad F-56 24 andSpirodiclofen F-57 24 and Spiromesifen F-58 24 and Tebufenozide F-59 24and Thiacloprid F-60 24 and Thiamethoxam F-61 24 and Thiodicarb F-62 24and Tralomethrin F-63 24 and Triazamate F-64 24 and Triflumuron F-65 24and Bacillus thuringiensis F-66 24 and Bacillus thuringiensis deltatoxin F-67 24 and Beauvaria bassiana G-1 29 and Abamectin G-2 29 andAcetamiprid G-3 29 and Amitraz G-4 29 and Anthranilamides G-5 29 andAvermectin G-6 29 and Azadirachtin G-7 29 and Beta-cyfluthrin G-8 29 andBifenthrin G-9 29 and Buprofezin G-10 29 and Cartap G-11 29 andChlorfenapyr G-12 29 and Chlorpyrifos G-13 29 and Clothianidin G-14 29and Cyfluthrin G-15 29 and Cyhalothrin G-16 29 and Cypermethrin G-17 29and Cyromazine G-18 29 and Deltamethrin G-19 29 and Dieldrin G-20 29 andDinotefuran G-21 29 and Diofenolan G-22 29 and Emamectin G-23 29 andEmamectin Benzoate G-24 29 and Endosulfan G-25 29 and Esfenvalerate G-2629 and Ethiprole G-27 29 and Fenothiocarb G-28 29 and Fenoxycarb G-29 29and Fenvalerate G-30 29 and Fipronil G-31 29 and Flonicamid G-32 29 andFlubendiamide G-33 29 and Flufenoxuron G-34 29 and Hexaflumuron G-35 29and Hydramethylnon G-36 29 and Imidacloprid G-37 29 and Indoxacarb G-3829 and Lambda-cyhalothrin G-39 29 and Lufenuron G-40 29 andMetaflumizone G-41 29 and Methomyl G-42 29 and Methoprene G-43 29 andMethoxyfenozide G-44 29 and Nitenpyram G-45 29 and Nithiazine G-46 29and Novaluron G-47 29 and NPV (e.g., Gemstar) G-48 29 and Oxamyl G-49 29and Pymetrozine G-50 29 and Pyrethrin G-51 29 and Pyridaben G-52 29 andPyridalyl G-53 29 and Pyriproxyfen G-54 29 and Ryanodine G-55 29 andSpinosad G-56 29 and Spirodiclofen G-57 29 and Spiromesifen G-58 29 andTebufenozide G-59 29 and Thiacloprid G-60 29 and Thiamethoxam G-61 29and Thiodicarb G-62 29 and Tralomethrin G-63 29 and Triazamate G-64 29and Triflumuron G-65 29 and Bacillus thuringiensis G-66 29 and Bacillusthuringiensis delta toxin G-67 29 and Beauvaria bassiana H-1 33 andAbamectin H-2 33 and Acetamiprid H-3 33 and Amitraz H-4 33 andAnthranilamides H-5 33 and Avermectin H-6 33 and Azadirachtin H-7 33 andBeta-cyfluthrin H-8 33 and Bifenthrin H-9 33 and Buprofezin H-10 33 andCartap H-11 33 and Chlorfenapyr H-12 33 and Chlorpyrifos H-13 33 andClothianidin H-14 33 and Cyfluthrin H-15 33 and Cyhalothrin H-16 33 andCypermethrin H-17 33 and Cyromazine H-18 33 and Deltamethrin H-19 33 andDieldrin H-20 33 and Dinotefuran H-21 33 and Diofenolan H-22 33 andEmamectin H-23 33 and Emamectin Benzoate H-24 33 and Endosulfan H-25 33and Esfenvalerate H-26 33 and Ethiprole H-27 33 and Fenothiocarb H-28 33and Fenoxycarb H-29 33 and Fenvalerate H-30 33 and Fipronil H-31 33 andFlonicamid H-32 33 and Flubendiamide H-33 33 and Flufenoxuron H-34 33and Hexaflumuron H-35 33 and Hydramethylnon H-36 33 and ImidaclopridH-37 33 and Indoxacarb H-38 33 and Lambda-cyhalothrin H-39 33 andLufenuron H-40 33 and Metaflumizone H-41 33 and Methomyl H-42 33 andMethoprene H-43 33 and Methoxyfenozide H-44 33 and Nitenpyram H-45 33and Nithiazine H-46 33 and Novaluron H-47 33 and NPV (e.g., Gemstar)H-48 33 and Oxamyl H-49 33 and Pymetrozine H-50 33 and Pyrethrin H-51 33and Pyridaben H-52 33 and Pyridalyl H-53 33 and Pyriproxyfen H-54 33 andRyanodine H-55 33 and Spinosad H-56 33 and Spirodiclofen H-57 33 andSpiromesifen H-58 33 and Tebufenozide H-59 33 and Thiacloprid H-60 33and Thiamethoxam H-61 33 and Thiodicarb H-62 33 and Tralomethrin H-63 33and Triazamate H-64 33 and Triflumuron H-65 33 and Bacillusthuringiensis H-66 33 and Bacillus thuringiensis delta toxin H-67 33 andBeauvaria bassiana I-1 34 and Abamectin I-2 34 and Acetamiprid I-3 34and Amitraz I-4 34 and Anthranilamides I-5 34 and Avermectin I-6 34 andAzadirachtin I-7 34 and Beta-cyfluthrin I-8 34 and Bifenthrin I-9 34 andBuprofezin I-10 34 and Cartap I-11 34 and Chlorfenapyr I-12 34 andChlorpyrifos I-13 34 and Clothianidin I-14 34 and Cyfluthrin I-15 34 andCyhalothrin I-16 34 and Cypermethrin I-17 34 and Cyromazine I-18 34 andDeltamethrin I-19 34 and Dieldrin I-20 34 and Dinotefuran I-21 34 andDiofenolan I-22 34 and Emamectin I-23 34 and Emamectin Benzoate I-24 34and Endosulfan I-25 34 and Esfenvalerate I-26 34 and Ethiprole I-27 34and Fenothiocarb I-28 34 and Fenoxycarb I-29 34 and Fenvalerate I-30 34and Fipronil I-31 34 and Flonicamid I-32 34 and Flubendiamide I-33 34and Flufenoxuron I-34 34 and Hexaflumuron I-35 34 and HydramethylnonI-36 34 and Imidacloprid I-37 34 and Indoxacarb I-38 34 andLambda-cyhalothrin I-39 34 and Lufenuron I-40 34 and Metaflumizone I-4134 and Methomyl I-42 34 and Methoprene I-43 34 and Methoxyfenozide I-4434 and Nitenpyram I-45 34 and Nithiazine I-46 34 and Novaluron I-47 34and NPV (e.g., Gemstar) I-48 34 and Oxamyl I-49 34 and Pymetrozine I-5034 and Pyrethrin I-51 34 and Pyridaben I-52 34 and Pyridalyl I-53 34 andPyriproxyfen I-54 34 and Ryanodine I-55 34 and Spinosad I-56 34 andSpirodiclofen I-57 34 and Spiromesifen I-58 34 and Tebufenozide I-59 34and Thiacloprid I-60 34 and Thiamethoxam I-61 34 and Thiodicarb I-62 34and Tralomethrin I-63 34 and Triazamate I-64 34 and Triflumuron I-65 34and Bacillus thuringiensis I-66 34 and Bacillus thuringiensis deltatoxin I-67 34 and Beauvaria bassiana J-1 35 and Abamectin J-2 35 andAcetamiprid J-3 35 and Amitraz J-4 35 and Anthranilamides J-5 35 andAvermectin J-6 35 and Azadirachtin J-7 35 and Beta-cyfluthrin J-8 35 andBifenthrin J-9 35 and Buprofezin J-10 35 and Cartap J-11 35 andChlorfenapyr J-12 35 and Chlorpyrifos J-13 35 and Clothianidin J-14 35and Cyfluthrin J-15 35 and Cyhalothrin J-16 35 and Cypermethrin J-17 35and Cyromazine J-18 35 and Deltamethrin J-19 35 and Dieldrin J-20 35 andDinotefuran J-21 35 and Diofenolan J-22 35 and Emamectin J-23 35 andEmamectin Benzoate J-24 35 and Endosulfan J-25 35 and Esfenvalerate J-2635 and Ethiprole J-27 35 and Fenothiocarb J-28 35 and Fenoxycarb J-29 35and Fenvalerate J-30 35 and Fipronil J-31 35 and Flonicamid J-32 35 andFlubendiamide J-33 35 and Flufenoxuron J-34 35 and Hexaflumuron J-35 35and Hydramethylnon J-36 35 and Imidacloprid J-37 35 and Indoxacarb J-3835 and Lambda-cyhalothrin J-39 35 and Lufenuron J-40 35 andMetaflumizone J-41 35 and Methomyl J-42 35 and Methoprene J-43 35 andMethoxyfenozide J-44 35 and Nitenpyram J-45 35 and Nithiazine J-46 35and Novaluron J-47 35 and NFV (e.g., Gemstar) J-48 35 and Oxamyl J-49 35and Pymetrozine J-50 35 and Pyrethrin J-51 35 and Pyridaben J-52 35 andPyridalyl J-53 35 and Pyriproxyfen J-54 35 and Ryanodine J-55 35 andSpinosad J-56 35 and Spirodiclofen J-57 35 and Spiromesifen J-58 35 andTebufenozide J-59 35 and Thiacloprid J-60 35 and Thiamethoxam J-61 35and Thiodicarb J-62 35 and Tralomethrin J-63 35 and Triazamate J-64 35and Triflumuron J-65 35 and Bacillus thuringiensis J-66 35 and Bacillusthuringiensis delta toxin J-67 35 and Beauvaria bassiana

The specific mixtures listed in Table B typically combine a compound ofFormula 1 and/or a compound listed in Index Table A with the otherinvertebrate pest agent in the ratios specified in Table A.

Invertebrate pests are controlled in agronomic and nonagronomicapplications by applying a composition comprising a compound of thisinvention, in a biologically effective amount, to the environment of thepests, including the agronomic and/or nonagronomic locus of infestation,to the area to be protected, or directly on the pests to be controlled.Agronomic applications include protecting a field crop from invertebratepests typically by applying a composition or a mixture of the inventionto the seed of the crop before the planting, to the foliage, stems,flowers and/or fruit of crop plants, or to the soil or other growthmedium before or after the crop is planted. Nonagronomic applicationsrefer to invertebrate pest control in the areas other than fields ofcrop plants. Nonagronomic applications include control of invertebratepests in stored grains, beans and other foodstuffs, and in textiles suchas clothing and carpets. Nonagronomic applications also includeinvertebrate pest control in ornamental plants, forests, in yards, alongroadsides and railroad rights of way, and on turf such as lawns, golfcourses and pastures. Nonagronomic applications also includeinvertebrate pest control in houses and other buildings which may beoccupied by humans and/or companion, farm, ranch, zoo or other animals.Nonagronomic applications also include the control of pests such astermites that can damage wood or other structural materials used inbuildings.

Nonagronomic applications also include protecting human and animalhealth by controlling invertebrate pests that are parasitic or transmitinfectious diseases. The controlling of animal parasites includescontrolling external parasites that are parasitic to the surface of thebody of the host animal (e.g., shoulders, armpits, abdomen, inner partof the thighs) and internal parasites that are parasitic to the insideof the body of the host animal (e.g., stomach, intestine, lung, veins,under the skin, lymphatic tissue). External parasitic or diseasetransmitting pests include, for example, chiggers, ticks, lice,mosquitoes, flies, mange, mites and fleas. Internal parasites includeheartworms, hookworms and helminths. Compounds and compositions of thepresent invention are particular suitable for combating externalparasitic or disease transmitting pests.

Compounds and compositions of the present invention are suitable forcombating parasites that infest agricultural working animals, such ascattle, sheep, goats, horses, pigs, donkeys, camels, buffalos, rabbits,hens, turkeys, ducks, geese and bees; pet animals and domestic animalssuch as dogs, cats, pet birds and aquarium fish; as well as so-calledexperimental animals, such as hamsters, guinea pigs, rats and mice. Bycombating these parasites, fatalities and performance reduction (in termof meat, milk, wool, skins, eggs, honey, etc.) are to be reduced, sothat applying a composition comprising a compound of the presentinvention is intended to allow more economic and simple husbandry ofanimals.

Nonagronomic applications in the veterinary sector takes place in theknown manner, by enteral administration in the form of, for example,tablets, capsules, drinks, drenching preparations, granulates, pastes,boli, feed-through procedures, suppositories; by parenteraladministration, such as by injection (including intramuscular,subcutaneous, intravenous, intraperitoneal), implants; by nasaladministration; by dermal administration, for example, in the form ofimmersion or dipping, spraying, pouring, washing, coating with powder,and through bodied devices such as neck collars, ear marks, tail marks,limb measuring tapes or halters which comprise compounds or compositionsof the present invention.

Therefore, the present invention further comprises a method forcontrolling an invertebrate pest in agronomic and/or nonagronomicapplications, comprising contacting the invertebrate pest or itsenvironment with a biologically effective amount of one or more of thecompounds of the invention, or with a composition comprising at leastone such compound or a composition comprising at least one such compoundand a biologically effective amount of at least one additionalbiologically active compound or agent. Examples of suitable compositionscomprising a compound of the invention and a biologically effectiveamount of at least one additional biologically active compound or agentinclude granular compositions wherein the additional active compound ispresent on the same granule as the compound of the invention or ongranules separate from those of the compound of the invention.

One embodiment of a method of contact is by spraying. Alternatively, agranular composition comprising a compound of the invention can beapplied to the plant foliage or the soil. Compounds of this inventioncan also be effectively delivered through plant uptake by contacting theplant with a composition comprising a compound of this invention appliedas a soil drench of a liquid formulation, a granular formulation to thesoil, a nursery box treatment or a dip of transplants. Of note is acomposition of the present invention in the form of a soil drench liquidformulation. Also of note is a method for controlling an invertebratepest comprising contacting the soil environment of the invertebrate pestwith a biologically effective amount of a compound of the presentinvention. Of further note are compounds of this invention alsoeffective by topical application to the locus of infestation. Othermethods of contact include application of a compound or a composition ofthe invention by direct and residual sprays, aerial sprays, gels, seedcoatings, microencapsulations, systemic uptake, baits, ear tags,boluses, foggers, fumigants, aerosols, dusts and many others. Oneembodiment of a method of contact is a dimensionally stable fertilizergranule, stick or tablet comprising a mixture or composition of theinvention. The compounds of this invention can also be impregnated intomaterials for fabricating invertebrate control devices (e.g., insectnetting). Seed coatings can be applied to all types of seeds, includingthose from which plants genetically transformed to express specializedtraits will germinate. Representative examples include those expressingproteins toxic to invertebrate pests, such as Bacillus thuringiensistoxin or those expressing herbicide resistance, such as “Roundup Ready”seed.

The compounds of this invention can be incorporated into a baitcomposition that is consumed by an invertebrate pest or used within adevice such as a trap, bait station, and the like. Such a baitcomposition can be in the form of granules which comprise (a) activeingredients, namely a biologically effective amount of a compound ofFormula 1, an N-oxide, or salt thereof; (b) one or more food materials;optionally (c) an attractant, and optionally (d) one or more humectants.Of note are granules or bait compositions which comprise between about0.001-5% active ingredients, about 40-99% food material and/orattractant; and optionally about 0.05-10% humectants, which areeffective in controlling soil invertebrate pests at very low applicationrates, particularly at doses of active ingredient that are lethal byingestion rather than by direct contact. Some food materials canfunction both as a food source and an attractant. Food materials includecarbohydrates, proteins and lipids. Examples of food materials arevegetable flour, sugar, starches, animal fat, vegetable oil, yeastextracts and milk solids. Examples of attractants are odorants andflavorants, such as fruit or plant extracts, perfume, or other animal orplant component, pheromones or other agents known to attract a targetinvertebrate pest. Examples of humectants, i.e. moisture retainingagents, are glycols and other polyols, glycerine and sorbitol. Of noteis a bait composition (and a method utilizing such a bait composition)used to control at least one invertebrate pest selected from the groupconsisting of ants, termites and cockroaches. A device for controllingan invertebrate pest can comprise the present bait composition and ahousing adapted to receive the bait composition, wherein the housing hasat least one opening sized to permit the invertebrate pest to passthrough the opening so the invertebrate pest can gain access to the baitcomposition from a location outside the housing, and wherein the housingis further adapted to be placed in or near a locus of potential or knownactivity for the invertebrate pest.

The compounds of this invention can be applied without other adjuvants,but most often application will be of a formulation comprising one ormore active ingredients with suitable carriers, diluents, andsurfactants and possibly in combination with a food depending on thecontemplated end use. One method of application involves spraying awater dispersion or refined oil solution of a compound of the presentinvention. Combinations with spray oils, spray oil concentrations,spreader stickers, adjuvants, other solvents, and synergists such aspiperonyl butoxide often enhance compound efficacy. For nonagronomicuses such sprays can be applied from spray containers such as a can, abottle or other container, either by means of a pump or by releasing itfrom a pressurized container, e.g., a pressurized aerosol spray can.Such spray compositions can take various forms, for example, sprays,mists, foams, fumes or fog. Such spray compositions thus can furthercomprise propellants, foaming agents, etc. as the case may be. Of noteis a spray composition comprising a biologically effective amount of acompound or a composition of the present invention and a carrier. Oneembodiment of such a spray composition comprises a biologicallyeffective amount of a compound or a composition of the present inventionand a propellant. Representative propellants include, but are notlimited to, methane, ethane, propane, butane, isobutane, butene,pentane, isopentane, neopentane, pentene, hydrofluorocarbons,chlorofluorocarbons, dimethyl ether, and mixtures of the foregoing. Ofnote is a spray composition (and a method utilizing such a spraycomposition dispensed from a spray container) used to control at leastone invertebrate pest selected from the group consisting of mosquitoes,black flies, stable flies, deer flies, horse flies, wasps, yellowjackets, hornets, ticks, spiders, ants, gnats, and the like, includingindividually or in combinations.

The rate of application required for effective control (i.e.“biologically effective amount”) will depend on such factors as thespecies of invertebrate to be controlled, the pest's life cycle, lifestage, its size, location, time of year, host crop or animal, feedingbehavior, mating behavior, ambient moisture, temperature, and the like.Under normal circumstances, application rates of about 0.01 to 2 kg ofactive ingredients per hectare are sufficient to control pests inagronomic ecosystems, but as little as 0.0001 kg/hectare may besufficient or as much as 8 kg/hectare may be required. For nonagronomicapplications, effective use rates will range from about 1.0 to 50mg/square meter but as little as 0.1 mg/square meter may be sufficientor as much as 150 mg/square meter may be required. One skilled in theart can easily determine the biologically effective amount necessary forthe desired level of invertebrate pest control.

Synergism has been described as “the cooperative action of twocomponents in a mixture, such that the total effect is greater or moreprolonged than the sum of the effects of the two (or more) takenindependently” (see P. M. L. Tames, Neth. J. Plant Pathology 1964, 70,73-80). The presence of a synergistic effect between two activeingredients is established with the aid of the Colby equation (see S. R.Colby, “Calculating Synergistic and Antagonistic Responses of HerbicideCombinations”, Weeds, 1967, 15, 20-22):

$p = {A + B - \left\lbrack \frac{A \times B}{100} \right\rbrack}$

Using the method of Colby, the presence of a synergistic interactionbetween two active ingredients is established by first calculating thepredicted activity, p, of the mixture based on activities of the twocomponents applied alone. If p is lower than the experimentallyestablished effect, synergism has occurred. If p is equal or higher thanthe experimentally established effect, the interaction between the twocomponents is characterized to be only additive or antagonism. In theequation above, A is the observed result of one component applied aloneat rate x. The B term is the observed result of the second componentapplied at rate y. The equation estimates p, the observed result of themixture of A at rate x with B at rate y if their effects are strictlyadditive and no interaction has occurred. To use the Colby equation theactive ingredients of the mixture are applied in the test separately aswell as in combination.

The following TESTS demonstrate the control efficacy of compounds,mixtures or compositions of this invention on specific pests. The pestcontrol protection afforded by the compounds, mixtures or compositionsis not limited, however, to these species. In certain instances,combinations of a compound of this invention with other invertebratepest control compounds or agents are found to exhibit synergisticeffects against certain important invertebrate pests.

The analysis of synergism or antagonism between the mixtures orcompositions was determined using Colby's equation. The average %mortality data for the test compounds alone were inserted into theColby's equation. If the observed (obs) average % mortality was higherthan “p”, the expected % mortality, the mixture or composition hadsynergistic effects. If the observed average % mortality was equal to orlower than the expected mortality, the mixture or composition either hadno synergistic effect or an antagonistic effect. See Index Table A forcompound descriptions. The following abbreviations are used in the IndexTables which follow: Me is methyl, and CN is cyano. The abbreviation“Ex.” stands for “Example” and is followed by a number indicating inwhich example the compound is prepared.

INDEX TABLE A

Compound R^(1a) R^(1b) R⁶ R^(9a) R^(9b) X R⁴ m.p. (° C.)  1 Me CN CF₃ ClH N cyclopropylmethyl 235-236 (Ex. 1)  2 Me Cl Br Cl H Ncyclopropylmethyl 172-173 (Ex. 2, 4)  3 Me CN Br Cl H Ncyclopropylmethyl 223-224  4 Cl Cl Br Cl H N (2-oxetanyl)methyl 120-122*  5 Me Cl Br Cl H N (2-oxetanyl)methyl  95-97* (Ex. 3)  6 Cl ClCl Cl H N (2-oxetanyl)methyl *  7 Me CN CF₃ Cl H CH (2-oxetanyl)methyl * 8 Me CN Br Cl H N (2-oxetanyl)methyl *  9 Me Cl Br Cl H N1-methylcyclopropyl >250 (Ex. 8) 10 Cl Cl Br Cl H N 1-methylcyclopropyl200-201 11 Me CN Br Cl H N 1-methylcyclopropyl >250 12 Me CN Br Cl F CHcyclopropylmethyl 221-222 13 Cl Cl Br Cl Cl CH cyclopropylmethyl 232-23314 Cl Cl Br Cl F CH cyclopropylmethyl 218-219 15 Me Cl Br Cl F CHcyclopropylmethyl 240-241 16 Cl Cl Cl Cl F CH cyclopropylmethyl 212-21317 Cl Cl Cl Cl Cl CCl cyclopropylmethyl 233-234 18 Me CN Cl Cl Cl CClcyclopropylmethyl 197-198 19 Cl Cl Br Cl Cl CCl cyclopropylmethyl237-238 20 Me CN CF₃ Cl Cl CCl cyclopropylmethyl 227-228 21 Cl Cl CF₃ ClCl CCl cyclopropylmethyl 196-197 22 Me CN CF₃ F H CH cyclopropylmethyl249-250 23 Me CN Br Cl H CH cyclopropylmethyl 231-231 24 Me Cl Br Cl HCl cyclopropylmethyl 207-208 25 Cl Cl Br Cl H CH cyclopropylmethyl199-200 26 Me CN CF₃ Cl H CH cyclopropylmethyl 134-135 27 Me Cl CF₃ Cl HCH cyclopropylmethyl 217-218 28 Cl Cl CF₃ Cl H CH cyclopropylmethyl240-241 29 Me Cl Br Cl H N 1-cyclopropylethyl 182-183 (Ex. 5) 30 Me CNCF₃ Cl H CH 1-cyclopropylethyl 189-190 31 Me Cl Br Cl H CH1-cyclopropylethyl 180-181 (Ex. 7) 32 Me Cl CF₃ Cl H CH1-cyclopropylethyl 179-180 33 Me CN Cl Cl H N 1-cyclopropylethyl 155-15634 Me CN CF₃ Cl H N 1-cyclopropylethyl 185-186 35 Me CN Br Cl H N1-cyclopropylethyl 244-245 (Ex. 6) *See Index Table B for ¹H NMR data

INDEX TABLE B Compd. No. ¹H NMR Data (CDCl₃ solution unless indicatedotherwise)^(a) 4 δ 9.76 (s, 1H), 8.42 (m, 1H), 7.81 (m, 1H), 7.32 (m,1H), 7.24 (m, 2H), 7.17 (s, 1H), 6.97 (m, 1H), 4.89 (m, 1H), 4.61 (m,1H), 4.41 (m, 1H), 3.60 (m, 1H), 3.49 (m, 1H), 2.62 (m, 1H), 2.41 (m,1H). 5 δ 10.1 (br s, 1H), 8.43 (m, 1H), 7.82 (m, 1H), 7.35 (m, 1H), 7.23(m, 2H), 7.09 (br s, 1H), 6.84 (m, 1H), 4.92 (m, 1H), 4.64 (m, 1H), 4.44(m, 1H), 3.67 (m, 1H), 3.53 (m, 1H), 2.65 (m, 1H), 2.41 (m, 1H), 2.14(s, 3H). 6 δ 9.75 (s, 1H), 8.41 (m, 1H), 7.80 (m, 1H), 7.31 (m, 1H),7.21 (s, 2H), 7.05 (m, 2H), 4.88 (m, 1H), 4.61 (m, 1H), 4.41 (m, 1H),3.59 (m, 1H), 3.48 (m, 1H) 2.62 (m, 1H), 2.41 (m, 1H). 7 δ 10.6 (s, 1H),7.65 (br s, 1H), 7.57 (br s, 1H), 7.51 (m, 1H), 7.43 (m, 3H), 7.29 (brs, 1H), 7.04 (m, 1H), 4.95 (m, 1H), 4.67 (m, 1H), 4.48 (m, 1H), 3.68 (m,1H), 3.58 (m, 1H), 2.68 (m, 1H), 2.43 (m, 1H), 2.49 (s, 3H). 8 δ 10.5(s, 1H), 8.44 (m, 1H), 7.84 (m, 1H), 7.64 (m, 1H), 7.56 (m, 1H), 7.37(m, 1H), 7.05 (m, 2H), 4.95 (m, 1H), 4.66 (m, 1H), 4.48 (m, 1H), 3.70(m, 1H), 3.58 (m, 1H), 2.69 (m, 1H), 2.43 (m, 1H), 2.23 (s, 3H). ^(a) ¹HNMR data are in ppm downfield from tetramethylsilane. Couplings aredesignated by (s)-singlet, (d)-doublet, (t)-triplet, (q)-quartet,(m)-multiplet, (dd)-doublet of doublets, (dt)-doublet of triplets, (brs)-broad singlet.

BIOLOGICAL EXAMPLES OF THE INVENTION Test A

For evaluating control of diamondback moth (Plutella xylostella) thetest unit consisted of a small open container with a 12-14-day-oldradish plant inside. This was pre-infested with 10-15 neonate larvae ona piece of insect diet by use of a core sampler to remove a plug from asheet of hardened insect diet having many larvae growing on it andtransfer the plug containing larvae and diet to the test unit. Thelarvae moved onto the test plant as the diet plug dried out.

Test compounds or mixtures were formulated using a solution containing10% acetone, 90% water and 300 ppm X-77™ Spreader Lo-Foam Formulanon-ionic surfactant containing alkylarylpolyoxyethylene, free fattyacids, glycols and 2-propanol (Loveland Industries, Inc. Greeley, Colo.,USA). The formulated compounds or mixtures were applied in 1 mL ofliquid through a SUJ2 atomizer nozzle with ⅛ JJ custom body (SprayingSystems Co. Wheaton, Ill., USA) positioned 1.27 cm (0.5 inches) abovethe top of each test unit. All experimental compounds in these testswere sprayed at 10 ppm replicated three times. For experimental mixturesin these tests, to obtain the desired mixture concentrations of eachcompound, twice the desired concentration of each of the two mixturepartner compounds were mixed together in equal volumes.

After spraying of the formulated test compound or mixture, each testunit was allowed to dry for 1 hour and then a black, screened cap wasplaced on top. The test units were held for 6 days in a growth chamberat 25° C. and 70% relative humidity. Plant feeding damage was thenvisually assessed based on foliage consumed.

Of the compounds of Formula 1 tested the following provided very good toexcellent levels of plant protection (20% or less feeding damage): 1, 2and 3.

For the mixtures tested the results are listed in Table A1. The “*”indicates the observed % protection is higher than the calculated %protection by the Colby equation.

TABLE A1 % protection % protection % protection Diamondback moth ppm(obs) ppm (obs) ppm (obs) Compound 2 0.03 37 0.04 77 0.06 93 Compound 30.04 87 0.06 93 0.09 93 Imidacloprid 0.8 73 17 80 50 90 Thiamethoxam 3043 40 73 50 90 Compound 2 +  0.03 + 0.8  87*  0.04 + 0.8  97*  0.06 +0.8 90 Imidacloprid 0.03 + 17 100* 0.04 + 17  97* 0.06 + 17 93 0.03 + 5090 0.04 + 50 97 0.06 + 50 93 Compound 2 + 0.03 + 30  67* 0.04 + 30 730.06 + 30 73 Thiamethoxam 0.03 + 40 80 0.04 + 40 80 0.06 + 40 83 0.03 +50 87 0.04 + 50 93 0.06 + 50 97 Compound 3 +  0.04 + 0.8 57  0.06 + 0.833  0.09 + 0.8 33 Imidacloprid 0.04 + 17 67 0.06 + 17 73 0.09 + 17 770.04 + 50 90 0.06 + 50 77 0.09 + 50 90 Compound 3 + 0.04 + 30 63 0.06 +30 47 0.09 + 30 63 Thiamethoxam 0.04 + 40 73 0.06 + 40 63 0.09 + 40 730.04 + 50 90 0.06 + 50 90 0.09 + 50 93

Test B

For evaluating control of fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) the testunit consisted of a small open container with a 4-5-day-old corn (maize)plant inside. This was pre-infested (using a core sampler) with 10-151-day-old larvae on a piece of insect diet.

Test compounds 1, 2 and 3 were formulated and sprayed at 10 ppm asdescribed for Test A. The applications were replicated three times.After spraying, the test units were maintained in a growth chamber andthen visually rated as described for Test A.

Of the compounds of Formula 1 tested, the following provided excellentlevels of plant protection (20% or less feeding damage): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26,27, 28, 29, 30 and 31.

Test C

For evaluating control of green peach aphid (Myzus persicae) throughcontact and/or systemic means, the test unit consisted of a small opencontainer with a 12- to 15-day-old radish plant inside. This waspre-infested by placing on a leaf of the test plant 30-40 aphids on apiece of leaf excised from a culture plant (cut-leaf method). The larvaemoved onto the test plant as the leaf piece desiccated. Afterpre-infestation, the soil of the test unit was covered with a layer ofsand.

All test compounds were formulated and sprayed at 50 ppm as describedfor Test A and replicated three times. Test mixtures were formulated asdescribed for Test A and replicated three times. After spraying of theformulated test compound or mixture, each test unit was allowed to dryfor 1 hour and then a black, screened cap was placed on top. The testunits were held for 6 days in a growth chamber at 19-21° C. and 50-70%relative humidity. Dead and total number of aphids were counted in eachtest unit to determine percent mortality.

Of the compounds of Formula 1 tested, the following resulted in at least80% mortality: 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12.

For the mixtures tested the results are listed in Table Cl. The “*”indicates the observed % mortality is higher than the calculated %mortality by the Colby equation.

TABLE C1 Mortality Mortality Mortality Green Peach Aphid ppm (obs) ppm(obs) ppm (obs) Compound 2 8  4 50 17 250 76 Compound 3 2  1 5  9 9  6Imidacloprid 0.08  5 0.15 44 0.3 50 Thiamethoxam 0.2 44 0.4 73 0.6 87Compound 2 + 8 + 0.08  9  50 + 0.08  42* 250 + 0.08 59 Imidacloprid 8 +0.15 33  50 + 0.15  67* 250 + 0.15 78 8 + 0.3  62* 50 + 0.3  74* 250 +0.3   94* Compound 2 + 8 + 0.2 37 50 + 0.2 49 250 + 0.2  68 Thiamethoxam8 + 0.4 39 50 + 0.4 49 250 + 0.4  85 8 + 0.6 64 50 + 0.6 82 250 + 0.6 92 Compound 3 + 2 + 0.08  7*  5 + 0.08  5  9 + 0.08 11 Imidacloprid 2 +0.15 18  5 + 0.15 28  9 + 0.15 26 2 + 0.3  58*  5 + 0.3  61*  9 + 0.3 68* Compound 3 + 2 + 0.2 12  5 + 0.2  9  9 + 0.2 10 Thiamethoxam 2 +0.4 23  5 + 0.4 45  9 + 0.4 46 2 + 0.6  92*  5 + 0.6 62  9 + 0.6  90*

Test D

For evaluating control of potato leafhopper (Empoasca fabae Harris)through contact and/or systemic means, the test unit consisted of asmall open container with a 5-6 day old Longio bean plant (primaryleaves emerged) inside. White sand was added to the top of the soil andone of the primary leaves was excised prior to application. Testcompounds were formulated and sprayed at 50 ppm and replicated threetimes as described for Test A. After spraying, the test units wereallowed to dry for 1 hour before they were post-infested with 5 potatoleafhoppers (18 to 21 day old adults). A black, screened cap was placedon the top of the cylinder. The test units were held for 6 days in agrowth chamber at 19-21° C. and 50-70% relative humidity. Each test unitwas then visually assessed for insect mortality.

Of the compounds of Formula 1 tested, the following resulted in at least80% mortality: 2, 3, 9, 10 and 11.

Test E

For evaluating control of cotton melon aphid (Aphis gossypii) throughcontact and/or systemic means, the test unit consisted of a small opencontainer with a 6-7-day-old cotton plant inside. This was pre-infestedwith 30-40 insects on a piece of leaf according to the cut-leaf methoddescribed for Test C, and the soil of the test unit was covered with alayer of sand. Test compounds were formulated and sprayed at 50 ppm asdescribed for Test A. The applications were replicated three times.After spraying, the test units were maintained in a growth chamber andthen visually rated as described for Test A.

Of the compounds of Formula 1 tested, the following resulted in at least80% mortality: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10 and 11.

Test F

For evaluating control of corn planthopper (Peregrinus maidis) throughcontact and/or systemic means, each test unit consisted of a small opencylindrical container with a 3- to 4 day-old corn (maize) plant (spike)inside. White sand was added to the top of the soil prior toapplication. Test mixtures were formulated and sprayed with 3replications as described for Test A. After spraying, the test unitswere allowed to dry for 1 hour before they were post-infested with 10 to20 corn planthoppers (18- to 20-day-old nymphs) by sprinkling them ontothe sand with a salt shaker. A black, screened cap was placed on the topof each container. The test units were held for 6 days in a growthchamber at 19-21° C. and 50-70% relative humidity. Dead and total numberof corn planthoppers were counted in each test unit to determine percentmortality.

For the mixtures tested the results are listed in Table F1. The “*”indicates the observed % mortality is higher than the calculated %mortality by the Colby equation.

TABLE F1 Mortality Mortality Mortality Corn Planthopper ppm (obs) ppm(obs) ppm (obs) Compound 2 30 2 100 10 250 31 Compound 3 40 3 110 10 25081 Imidacloprid  0.08 2  0.2 10  0.8 71 Thiamethoxam  0.2 19   0.4 73 0.6 100  Compound 2 + 30 + 0.08 2 100 + 0.08  3 250 + 0.08  3Imidacloprid 30 + 0.2 18* 100 + 0.2 14 250 + 0.2 12 30 + 0.8 100*  100 +0.8  82* 250 + 0.8 100* Compound 2 + 30 + 0.2 9 100 + 0.2  9 250 + 0.237 Thiamethoxam 30 + 0.4 40  100 + 0.4 100* 250 + 0.4 100* 30 + 0.6 100 100 + 0.6 100  250 + 0.6 100  Compound 3 + 40 + 0.08 3 110 + 0.08  2250 + 0.08 56 Imidacloprid 40 + 0.2 9 110 + 0.2  53* 250 + 0.2 100* 40 +0.8 100*  110 + 0.8 100* 250 + 0.8 100* Compound 3 + 40 + 0.2 87* 110 +0.2  49* 250 + 0.2  97* Thiamethoxam 40 + 0.4 100*  110 + 0.4  87* 250 +0.4 79 40 + 0.6 100  110 + 0.6 100  250 + 0.6 100 

Test G

For evaluating control of the western flower thrips (Frankliniellaoccidentalis Pergande) through contact and/or systemic means, each testunit consisted of a small open container with a 5- to 7-day-old bean(var. Soleil) plant inside.

Test mixtures were formulated and sprayed with 3 replications asdescribed for Test A. After spraying, the test units were allowed to dryfor 1 hour, 22 to 27 adult thrips were added to each unit and then ablack, screened cap was placed on top. The test units were held for 7days at 25° C. and 45-55% relative humidity. The amount of plant damagefor each test unit was rated to determine the percent plant protection.

For the mixtures tested the results are listed in Table G1. The “*”indicates the observed % protection is higher than the calculated %protection by Colby equation.

TABLE G1 Western Flower % protection % protection % protection Thripsppm (obs) ppm (obs) ppm (obs) Compound 2 5 20 150 27 250 53 Compound 3 920 40 13 250  0 Imidacloprid 11 27 77 40 250 90 Thiamethoxam 5  0 70 77250 100  Compound 2 + 5 + 11  7 150 + 11  63* 250 + 11  67* Imidacloprid5 + 77 23 150 + 77  57* 250 + 77  83*  5 + 250 83  150 + 250 90 250 +250 83 Compound 2 + 5 + 5  20 150 + 5  27 250 + 5  60* Thiamethoxam 5 +70 57 150 + 70 83 250 + 70 83  5 + 250 93  150 + 250 97 250 + 250 97Compound 3 + 9 + 11  53*  40 + 11  43* 250 + 11  60* Imidacloprid 9 + 7723  40 + 77 30 250 + 77 37  9 + 250 87  40 + 250 83 250 + 250 90Compound 3 + 9 + 5  20 40 + 5  7 250 + 5  16 Thiamethoxam 9 + 70 43 40 + 70 40 250 + 70 67  9 + 250 97  40 + 250 100  250 + 250 100 

1. A compound of Formula 1, an N-oxide, or a salt thereof,

wherein J is a phenyl optionally substituted with one to foursubstituents independently selected from R⁵; or J is a heterocyclic ringselected from the group consisting of

R^(1a) is C₁-C₆ alkyl, C₂-C₆ alkenyl, C₂-C₆ alkynyl, C₃-C₆ cycloalkyl,C₁-C₆ haloalkyl, C₂-C₆ haloalkenyl, C₂-C₆ haloalkynyl, C₃-C₆halocycloalkyl, halogen, CN, CHO, NO₂, C₁-C₄ alkoxy, C₁-C₄ haloalkoxy,C₁-C₄ alkylthio, C₁-C₄ alkylsulfinyl, C₁-C₄ alkylsulfonyl, C₁-C₄haloalkylthio, C₁-C₄ haloalkylsulfinyl, C₁-C₄ haloalkylsulfonyl, C₂-C₄alkylcarbonyl, C₂-C₄ alkoxycarbonyl, C₂-C₄ alkylaminocarbonyl, C₃-C₅dialkylaminocarbonyl, C₁-C₄ alkylamino or C₂-C₆ dialkylamino; R^(1b) isH, C₁-C₆ alkyl, C₂-C₆ alkenyl, C₂-C₆ alkyl, C₃-C₆ cycloalkyl, C₁-C₆haloalkyl, C₂-C₆ haloalkenyl, C₂-C₆ haloalkynyl, C₃-C₆ halocycloalkyl,halogen, CN, CHO, NO₂, C₁-C₄ alkoxy, C₁-C₄ haloalkoxy, C₁-C₄ alkylthio,C₁-C₄ alkylsulfinyl, C₁-C₄ alkylsulfonyl, C₁-C₄ haloalkylthio, C₁-C₄haloalkylsulfinyl, C₁-C₄ haloalkylsulfonyl, C₂-C₄ alkylcarbonyl, C₂-C₄alkoxycarbonyl, C₂-C₄ alkylaminocarbonyl, C₃-C₅ dialkylaminocarbonyl,C₁-C₄ alkylamino or C₂-C₆ dialkylamino; R² is H; or C₁-C₆ alkyl, C₂-C₆alkenyl, C₂-C₆ alkynyl or C₃-C₆ cycloalkyl, each optionally substitutedwith one or more substituents selected from the group consisting ofhalogen, CN, NO₂, hydroxy, C₁-C₄ alkyl, C₁-C₄ alkoxy, C₁-C₄ alkylthio,C₁-C₄ alkylsulfinyl, C₁-C₄ alkylsulfonyl, C₂-C₄ alkoxycarbonyl, C₁-C₄alkylamino, C₂-C₈ dialkylamino and C₃-C₆ cycloalkylamino; or R² is C₂-C₆alkylcarbonyl, C₂-C₆ alkoxycarbonyl, C₂-C₆ alkylaminocarbonyl or C₃-C₈dialkylaminocarbonyl; R³ is H, C₁-C₆ alkyl, C₂-C₆ alkenyl, C₂-C₆alkynyl, C₃-C₆ cycloalkyl, C₁-C₄ alkoxy, C₁-C₄ alkylamino, C₂-C₈dialkylamino, C₃-C₆ cycloalkylamino, C₂-C₆ alkoxycarbonyl or C₂-C₆alkylcarbonyl; R⁴ is C₄-C₁₂ alkylcycloalkyl, C₅-C₁₂ alkenylcycloalkyl,C₅-C₁₂ alkynylcycloalkyl, C₄-C₁₂ cycloalkylalkyl, C₅-C₁₂cycloalkylalkenyl, C₅-C₁₂ cycloalkylalkynyl, C₄-C₁₂ cycloalkenylalkyl orC₄-C₁₂ alkylcycloalkenyl, each optionally substituted with one to sixsubstituents selected from CH₃ and halogen; or R⁴ is C₃-C₅oxiranylalkyl, C₃-C₅ thiiranylalkyl, C₄-C₆ oxetanylalkyl, C₄-C₆thietanylalkyl, 3-oxetanyl or 3-thietanyl, each optionally substitutedwith one to five substituents independently selected from C₁-C₃ alkyl,C₁-C₃ haloalkyl, halogen, CN, C₂-C₄ alkoxycarbonyl and C₂-C₄haloalkoxycarbonyl; or R⁴ is C₃-C₅ aziridinylalkyl, C₄-C₆azetidinylalkyl or 3-azetidinyl, substituted with R¹⁰ attached to thenitrogen atom, and optionally substituted on the carbon atoms with oneto five substituents independently selected from C₁-C₃ alkyl, C₁-C₃haloalkyl, halogen, CN, C₂-C₄ alkoxycarbonyl and C₂-C₄haloalkoxycarbonyl; each R⁵ is independently C₁-C₆ alkyl, C₃-C₆cycloalkyl, C₁-C₆ haloalkyl, halogen, CN, C₁-C₄ alkoxy, C₁-C₄ alkylthio,C₁-C₄ haloalkoxy, C₁-C₄ haloalkylthio, C₁-C₄ haloalkylsulfinyl or C₁-C₄haloalkylsulfonyl; or each R⁵ is independently phenyl or pyridyloptionally substituted with one to three R⁹; each R⁶ is independentlyselected from the group consisting of H, C₁-C₆ alkyl, C₃-C₆ cycloalkyl,C₁-C₆ haloalkyl, halogen, CN, C₁-C₄ alkoxy, C₂-C₄ alkoxycarbonyl, C₁-C₄alkylthio, C₁-C₄ haloalkoxy, C₁-C₄ haloalkylthio, C₁-C₄haloalkylsulfinyl and C₁-C₄ haloalkylsulfonyl; R⁷ is C₁-C₆ alkyloptionally substituted with one or more substituents selected from thegroup consisting of halogen, CN, NO₂, hydroxy, C₁-C₄ alkoxy, C₁-C₄alkylthio, C₁-C₄ alkylsulfinyl, C₁-C₄ alkylsulfonyl, C₂-C₄alkoxycarbonyl, C₁-C₄ alkylamino, C₂-C₈ dialkylamino and C₃-C₆cycloalkylamino; or phenyl optionally substituted with one to threesubstituents selected from R⁹; or R⁷ is

R⁸ is H, C₁-C₆ alkyl, C₁-C₆ haloalkyl, C₃-C₆ alkenyl, C₃-C₆ haloalkenyl,C₃-C₆ alkynyl or C₃-C₆ haloalkynyl; each R⁹ is independently C₁-C₆alkyl, C₃-C₆ cycloalkyl, C₁-C₆ haloalkyl, halogen, CN, C₁-C₄ alkoxy,C₁-C₄ alkylthio, C₁-C₄ haloalkoxy, C₁-C₄ haloalkylthio, C₁-C₄haloalkylsulfinyl or C₁-C₄ haloalkylsulfonyl; R¹⁰ is H, C₁-C₃ alkyl,C₁-C₃ haloalkyl, C₂-C₄ alkylcarbonyl, C₂-C₄ haloalkylcarbonyl, C₂-C₄alkoxycarbonyl or C₁-C₃ alkylsulfonyl; and s is 0, 1 or 2; provided that(i) the compound of Formula 1 is other thanN-[2-chloro-6-[[(1-methylcyclopropyl)amino]carbonyl]phenyl]-1-(3-chloro-2-pyridinyl)-3-(trifluoromethyl)-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide;and (ii) the compound of Formula 1 is other than3-bromo-1-(3-chloro-2-pyridinyl)-N-[4-cyano-2-[[(cyclopropylmethyl)amino]carbonyl]-6-methylphenyl]-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide.2. A compound of claim 1 wherein R^(1a) is C₁-C₄ alkyl, C₁-C₄ haloalkyl,halogen, CN, NO₂, C₁-C₄ alkoxy, C₁-C₄ haloalkoxy, C₁-C₄ alkylthio, C₁-C₄alkylsulfinyl, C₁-C₄ alkylsulfonyl, C₁-C₄ haloalkylthio, C₁-C₄haloalkylsulfinyl or C₁-C₄ haloalkylsulfonyl; R^(1b) is H, C₁-C₄ alkyl,C₁-C₄ haloalkyl, halogen, CN, NO₂, C₁-C₄ alkoxy, C₁-C₄ haloalkoxy, C₁-C₄alkylthio, C₁-C₄ alkylsulfinyl, C₁-C₄ alkylsulfonyl, C₁-C₄haloalkylthio, C₁-C₄ haloalkylsulfinyl or C₁-C₄ haloalkylsulfonyl; R²and R³ are each independently H, C₁-C₄ alkyl, C₂-C₄ alkenyl, C₂-C₄alkynyl, C₃-C₆ cycloalkyl, C₂-C₆ alkylcarbonyl or C₂-C₆ alkoxycarbonyl;and R⁴ is C₄-C₁₂ alkylcycloalkyl or C₄-C₁₂ cycloalkylalkyl, eachoptionally substituted with one to six substituents selected from CH₃and halogen; or R⁴ is C₃-C₅ oxiraneylalkyl, C₄-C₆ oxetanylalkyl or3-oxetanyl, each optionally substituted with 1 to 2 substituentsindependently selected from CH₃, CF₃, halogen, CN and C(O)OCH₃.
 3. Acompound of claim 2 wherein R^(1a) is CH₃, CF₃, OCF₃, OCHF₂,S(O)_(n)CF₃, S(O)_(n)CHF₂, CN or halogen; R^(1b) is H, CH₃, CF₃, OCF₃,OCHF₂, S(O)_(p)CF₃, S(O)_(p)CHF₂, CN or halogen; R² and R³ are H; n is0, 1 or 2; and p is 0, 1 or
 2. 4. A compound of claim 3 wherein each R⁵is independently C₁-C₄ alkyl, C₁-C₄ haloalkyl, C₁-C₂ haloalkoxy, halogenor CN; each R⁶ is independently H, CH₃, CF₃, CH₂CF₃, CHF₂, OCH₂CF₃,OCHF₂ or halogen; R⁷ is phenyl optionally substituted with one to threesubstituents selected from R⁹; or R⁷ is

each R⁹ is independently C₁-C₄ alkyl, C₁-C₄ haloalkyl, halogen or CN; R⁸is CH₂CF₃ or CHF₂; and s is 0, 1 or
 2. 5. A compound of claim 4 whereineach R⁶ is independently halogen, OCH₂CF₃, OCHF₂ or CF₃; R⁷ is

each R⁹ is independently H, CH₃, CF₃, CN or halogen.
 6. A compound ofclaim 5 wherein J is J-1, J-2, J-4, J-7 or J-8.
 7. A compound of claim 6wherein R^(1a) is CH₃, F, Cl, Br or I; R^(1b) is H, CH₃, CF₃, CN, F, Cl,Br or I; and each R⁶ is independently Cl, Br, OCH₂CF₃ or CF₃.
 8. Acompound of claim 7 wherein J is J-2, J-4, J-7 or J-8; and R⁴ is1-methylcyclopropyl, 1-methylcyclobutyl, cyclopropylmethyl orcyclobutylmethyl; each optionally substituted with one to four CH₃ orhalogen; or R⁴ is oxiranylmethyl, 2-oxetanylmethyl, 3-oxetanylmethyl or3-oxetanyl, each optionally substituted with 1 to 2 CH₃.
 9. A compoundof claim 7 wherein J is J-1; and R⁴ is 1-methylcyclopropyl,1-methylcyclobutyl, cyclopropylmethyl or cyclobutylmethyl; eachoptionally substituted with one to four CH₃ or halogen; or R⁴ isoxiranylmethyl, 2-oxetanylmethyl, 3-oxetanylmethyl or 3-oxetanyl, eachoptionally substituted with 1 to 2 CH₃; provided that when R⁴ is1-methylcyclopropyl, then R^(1b) is other than H.
 10. A compound ofclaim 1 that is selected from the group consisting of:1-(3-chloro-2-pyridinyl)-N-[4-cyano-2-[[(cyclopropylmethyl)amino]carbonyl]-6-methylphenyl]-3-(trifluoromethyl)-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide;3-bromo-N-[4-chloro-2-[[(cyclopropylmethyl)amino]carbonyl]-6-methylphenyl]-1-(3-chloro-2-pyridinyl)-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide;3-bromo-1-(3-chloro-2-pyridinyl)-N-[2,4-dichloro-6-[[(2-oxetanylmethyl)amino]carbonyl]phenyl]-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide;3-bromo-N-[4-chloro-2-methyl-6-[[(2-oxetanylmethyl)amino]carbonyl]phenyl]-1-(3-chloro-2-pyridinyl)-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide;3-chloro-1-(3-chloro-2-pyridinyl)-N-[2,4-dichloro-6-[[(2-oxetanylmethyl)amino]carbonyl]phenyl]-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide;1-(2-chlorophenyl)-N-[4-cyano-2-methyl-6-[[(2-oxetanylmethyl)amino]carbonyl]phenyl]-3-(trifluoromethyl)-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide;3-bromo-1-(3-chloro-2-pyridinyl)-N-[4-cyano-2-methyl-6-[[(2-oxetanylmethyl)amino]carbonyl]phenyl]-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide;3-bromo-N-[4-chloro-2-methyl-6-[[(1-methylcyclopropyl)amino]carbonyl]phenyl]-1-(3-chloro-2-pyridinyl)-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide;3-bromo-1-(3-chloro-2-pyridinyl)-N-[2,4-dichloro-6-[[(1-methylcyclopropyl)amino]carbonyl]phenyl]-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide;3-bromo-1-(3-chloro-2-pyridinyl)-N-[4-cyano-2-methyl-6-[[(1-methylcyclopropyl)amino]carbonyl]phenyl]-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide;3-bromo-1-(2-chlorophenyl)-N-[4-cyano-2-[[(cyclopropylmethyl)amino]carbonyl]-6-methylphenyl]-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide;3-bromo-N-[4-chloro-2-[[(cyclopropylmethyl)amino]carbonyl]-6-methylphenyl]-1-(2-chlorophenyl)-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide;3-bromo-N-[4-chloro-2-[[(1-cyclopropylethyl)amino]carbonyl]-6-methylphenyl]-1-(3-chloro-2-pyridinyl)-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide;3-bromo-N-[4-chloro-2-[[(1-cyclopropylethyl)amino]carbonyl]-6-methylphenyl]-1-(2-chlorophenyl)-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide;and3-bromo-1-(3-chloro-2-pyridinyl)-N-[4-cyano-2-[[(1-cyclopropylethyl)amino]carbonyl]-6-methylphenyl]-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide.11. A composition comprising a compound of claim 1 and at least oneadditional component selected from the group consisting of a surfactant,a solid diluent and a liquid diluent, said composition optionallyfurther comprising at least one additional biologically active compoundor agent.
 12. A composition for controlling an invertebrate pestcomprising a biologically effective amount of a compound of claim 1 andat least one additional component selected from the group consisting ofa surfactant, a solid diluent and a liquid diluent, said compositionoptionally further comprising a biologically effective amount of atleast one additional biologically active compound or agent.
 13. Thecomposition of claim 12 wherein at least one additional biologicallyactive compound or agent is selected from insecticides of the groupconsisting of pyrethroids, carbamates, neonicotinoids, neuronal sodiumchannel blockers, insecticidal macrocyclic lactones, γ-aminobutyric acid(GABA) antagonists, insecticidal ureas and juvenile hormone mimics, amember of Bacillus thuringiensis, a Bacillus thuringiensisdelta-endotoxin, and a naturally occurring or a genetically modifiedviral insecticide.
 14. The composition of claim 13 wherein the at leastone additional biologically active compound or agent is selected fromthe group consisting of abamectin, acephate, acetamiprid, acetoprole,amidoflumet (S-1955), avermectin, azadirachtin, azinphos-methyl,bifenthrin, bifenazate, bistrifluoron, buprofezin, carbofuran, cartap,chlorfenapyr, chlorfluazuron, chlorpyrifos, chlorpyrifos-methyl,chromafenozide, clothianidin, cyfluthrin, beta-cyfluthrin, cyhalothrin,lambda-cyhalothrin, cypermethrin, cyromazine, deltamethrin,diafenthiuron, diazinon, dieldrin, diflubenzuron, dimethoate,dinotefuran, diofenolan, emamectin, endosulfan, esfenvalerate,ethiprole, fenothiocarb, fenoxycarb, fenpropathrin, fenvalerate,fipronil, flonicamid, flubendiamide, flucythrinate, tau-fluvalinate,flufenerim (UR-50701), flufenoxuron, gamma-cyhalothrin, halofenozide,hexaflumuron, hydramethylnon, imidacloprid, indoxacarb, isofenphos,lufenuron, malathion, metaflumizone, metaldehyde, methamidophos,methidathion, methomyl, methoprene, methoxychlor, methoxyfenozide,metofluthrin, monocrotophos, methoxyfenozide, nitenpyram, nithiazine,novaluron, noviflumuron (XDE-007), oxamyl, parathion, parathion-methyl,permethrin, phorate, phosalone, phosmet, phosphamidon, pirimicarb,profenofos, profluthrin, protrifenbute, pymetrozine, pyrethrin,pyridalyl, pyriproxyfen, rotenone, ryanodine, S1812 (Valent), spinosad,spirodiclofen, spiromesifen (BSN 2060), sulprofos, tebufenozide,teflubenzuron, tefluthrin, terbufos, tetrachlorvinphos, thiacloprid,thiamethoxam, thiodicarb, thiosultap-sodium, tolfenpyrad, tralomethrin,triazamate, trichlorfon, triflumuron, aldicarb, fenamiphos, amitraz,chinomethionat, chlorobenzilate, cyhexatin, dicofol, dienochlor,etoxazole, fenazaquin, fenbutatin oxide, fenpyroximate, hexythiazox,propargite, pyridaben, tebufenpyrad, Bacillus thuringiensis aizawai,Bacillus thuringiensis kurstaki, Bacillus thuringiensis delta endotoxin,baculovirus, entomopathogenic bacteria, entomopathogenic virus andentomopathogenic fungi.
 15. The composition of claim 14 wherein the atleast one additional biologically active compound or agent is selectedfrom the group consisting of cypermethrin, cyhalothrin, cyfluthrin andbeta-cyfluthrin, esfenvalerate, fenvalerate, tralomethrin, fenothiocarb,methomyl, oxamyl, thiodicarb, acetamiprid, clothianidin, imidacloprid,thiamethoxam, thiacloprid, indoxacarb, spinosad, abamectin, avermectin,emamectin, endosulfan, ethiprole, fipronil, flufenoxuron, triflumuron,diofenolan, pyriproxyfen, pymetrozine, amitraz, Bacillus thuringiensisaizawai, Bacillus thuringiensis kurstaki, Bacillus thuringiensis deltaendotoxin and entomophagous fungi.
 16. The composition of claim 12 inthe form of a soil drench liquid formulation.
 17. A spray compositionfor controlling an invertebrate pest, comprising: (a) a biologicallyeffective amount of the compound of claim 1 or the composition of claim12; and (b) a propellant.
 18. A bait composition for controlling aninvertebrate pest, comprising: (a) a biologically effective amount ofthe compound of claim 1 or the composition of claim 12; (b) one or morefood materials; (c) optionally an attractant; and (d) optionally ahumectant.
 19. A trap device for controlling an invertebrate pest,comprising: (a) the bait composition of claim 18; and (b) a housingadapted to receive the bait composition, wherein the housing has atleast one opening sized to permit the invertebrate pest to pass throughthe opening so the invertebrate pest can gain access to the baitcomposition from a location outside the housing, and wherein the housingis further adapted to be placed in or near a locus of potential or knownactivity for the invertebrate pest.
 20. A method for controlling aninvertebrate pest comprising contacting the invertebrate pest or itsenvironment with a biologically effective amount of a compound ofclaim
 1. 21. A method for controlling an invertebrate pest comprisingcontacting the invertebrate pest or its environment with a compositionof claim
 12. 22. The method of claim 21 wherein the environment is soiland the composition is applied to the soil as a soil drench formulation.23. A method for controlling a cockroach, an ant or a termite,comprising contacting a cockroach, an ant, or a termite with the baitcomposition in a trap device of claim
 19. 24. A method for controlling amosquito, a black fly, a stable, fly, a deer fly, a horse fly, a wasp, ayellow jacket, a hornet, a tick, a spider, an ant, or a gnat, comprisingcontacting a mosquito, a black fly, a stable, fly, a deer fly, a horsefly, a wasp, a yellow jacket, a hornet, a tick, a spider, an ant, or agnat with the spray composition of claim 17 dispensed from a spraycontainer.
 25. A compound of Formula 10, or a salt thereof,

wherein R^(1a) is C₁-C₆ alkyl, C₂-C₆ alkenyl, C₂-C₆ alkynyl, C₃-C₆cycloalkyl, C₁-C₆ haloalkyl, C₂-C₆ haloalkenyl, C₂-C₆ haloalkynyl, C₃-C₆halocycloalkyl, halogen, CN, CHO, NO₂, C₁-C₄ alkoxy, C₁-C₄ haloalkoxy,C₁-C₄ alkylthio, C₁-C₄ alkylsulfinyl, C₁-C₄ alkylsulfonyl, C₁-C₄haloalkylthio, C₁-C₄ haloalkylsulfinyl, C₁-C₄ haloalkylsulfonyl, C₂-C₄alkylcarbonyl, C₂-C₄ alkoxycarbonyl, C₂-C₄ alkylaminocarbonyl, C₃-C₅dialkylaminocarbonyl, C₁-C₄ alkylamino or C₂-C₆ dialkylamino; R^(1b) isH, C₁-C₆ alkyl, C₂-C₆ alkenyl, C₂-C₆ alkynyl, C₃-C₆ cycloalkyl, C₁-C₆haloalkyl, C₂-C₆ haloalkenyl, C₂-C₆ haloalkynyl, C₃-C₆ halocycloalkyl,halogen, CN, CHO, NO₂, C₁-C₄ alkoxy, C₁-C₄ haloalkoxy, C₁-C₄ alkylthio,C₁-C₄ alkylsulfinyl, C₁-C₄ alkylsulfonyl, C₁-C₄ haloalkylthio, C₁-C₄haloalkylsulfinyl, C₁-C₄ haloalkylsulfonyl, C₂-C₄ alkylcarbonyl, C₂-C₄alkoxycarbonyl, C₂-C₄ alkylaminocarbonyl, C₃-C₅ dialkylaminocarbonyl,C₁-C₄ alkylamino or C₂-C₆ dialkylamino; R² is H; or C₁-C₆ alkyl, C₂-C₆alkenyl, C₂-C₆ alkynyl or C₃-C₆ cycloalkyl, each optionally substitutedwith one or more substituents selected from the group consisting ofhalogen, CN, NO₂, hydroxy, C₁-C₄ alkyl, C₁-C₄ alkoxy, C₁-C₄ alkylthio,C₁-C₄ alkylsulfinyl, C₁-C₄ alkylsulfonyl, C₂-C₄ alkoxycarbonyl, C₁-C₄alkylamino, C₂-C₈ dialkylamino and C₃-C₆ cycloalkylamino; or R² is C₂-C₆alkylcarbonyl, C₂-C₆ alkoxycarbonyl, C₂-C₆ alkylaminocarbonyl or C₃-C₈dialkylaminocarbonyl; R³ is H, C₁-C₆ alkyl, C₂-C₆ alkenyl, C₂-C₆alkynyl, C₃-C₆ cycloalkyl, C₁-C₄ alkoxy, C₁-C₄ alkylamino, C₂-C₈dialkylamino, C₃-C₆ cycloalkylamino, C₂-C₆ alkoxycarbonyl or C₂-C₆alkylcarbonyl; and R⁴ is C₄-C₁₂ alkylcycloalkyl, C₅-C₁₂alkenylcycloalkyl, C₅-C₁₂ alkynylcycloalkyl, C₄-C₁₂ cycloalkylalkyl,C₅-C₁₂ cycloalkylalkenyl, C₅-C₁₂ cycloalkylalkynyl, C₄-C₁₂cycloalkenylalkyl or C₄-C₁₂ alkylcycloalkenyl, each optionallysubstituted with one to six substituents selected from CH₃ and halogen;or R⁴ is C₃-C₅ oxiranylalkyl, C₃-C₅ thiiranylalkyl, C₄-C₆ oxetanylalkyl,C₄-C₆ thietanylalkyl, 3-oxetanyl or 3-thietanyl, each optionallysubstituted with one to five substituents independently selected fromC₁-C₃ alkyl, C₁-C₃ haloalkyl, halogen, CN, C₂-C₄ alkoxycarbonyl andC₂-C₄ haloalkoxycarbonyl; or R⁴ is C₃-C₅ aziridinylalkyl, C₄-C₆azetidinylalkyl or 3-azetidinyl, substituted with R¹⁰ attached to thenitrogen atom, and optionally substituted on the carbon atoms with oneto five substituents independently selected from C₁-C₃ alkyl, C₁-C₃haloalkyl, halogen, CN, C₂-C₄ alkoxycarbonyl and C₂-C₄haloalkoxycarbonyl.
 26. A compound of claim 25 wherein R^(1a) is C₁-C₄alkyl, C₁-C₄ haloalkyl, halogen, CN, NO₂, C₁-C₄ alkoxy, C₁-C₄haloalkoxy, C₁-C₄ alkylthio, C₁-C₄ alkylsulfinyl, C₁-C₄ alkylsulfonyl,C₁-C₄ haloalkylthio, C₁-C₄ haloalkylsulfinyl or C₁-C₄ haloalkylsulfonyl;R^(1b) is H, C₁-C₄ alkyl, C₁-C₄ haloalkyl, halogen, CN, NO₂, C₁-C₄alkoxy, C₁-C₄ haloalkoxy, C₁-C₄ alkylthio, C₁-C₄ alkylsulfinyl, C₁-C₄alkylsulfonyl, C₁-C₄ haloalkylthio, C₁-C₄ haloalkylsulfinyl or C₁-C₄haloalkylsulfonyl; R² and R³ are each independently H, C₁-C₄ alkyl,C₂-C₄ alkenyl, C₂-C₄ alkynyl, C₃-C₆ cycloalkyl, C₂-C₆ alkylcarbonyl orC₂-C₆ alkoxycarbonyl; and R⁴ is (C₁-C₈)alkyl(C₃-C₄)cycloalkyl or(C₃-C₄)cycloalkyl(C₁-C₈)alkyl, each optionally substituted with one tosix substituents selected from CH₃ and halogen; or R⁴ is C₃-C₅oxiranylalkyl, C₄-C₆ oxetanylalkyl or 3-oxetanyl, each optionallysubstituted with 1 to 2 substituents independently selected from CH₃,CF₃, halogen, CN and C(O)OCH₃.
 27. A compound of claim 26 wherein R^(1a)is CH₃, CF₃, OCF₃, OCHF₂, S(O)_(n)CF₃, S(O)_(n)CHF₂, CN or halogen;R^(1b) is H, CH₃, CF₃, OCF₃, OCHF₂, S(O)_(p)CF₃, S(O)_(p)CHF₂, CN orhalogen; R² and R³ are H; n is 0, 1 or 2; and p is 0, 1 or 2.